Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility in D-Link

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:58:20 EDT

Sum : Just wanted to say this is a great utility you've provided Scree. I've been using it for a while and it is great to see you still updating it.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:45:04 EDT

lupsa0 : There is a new page on the DI-634M for connections.
More stuff than on the 624 natlist

»192.168.0.1/get_active_sessions_data.html
You sometimes have to login and then push that url.

STeve

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:12:33 EDT

Scree : Download change... Sorry was unavailable for a while:

»home.comcast.net/~scree/public/D···itor.zip

:)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 18:28:45 EDT

Scree : Quick update 1.7.97: Removed the 'older firmware' menu choices since they redesigned the Canadian site and removed the older firmware there; and fixed a few very minor quirks found since .95. Download: »ftp://64.34.164.24:2122/public/D-Link%···itor.zip

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:23:33 EDT

peter_m : Di-624c with 2.76b5 works fine with the connection monitor!

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:12:48 EDT

Scree : Hi. Does that mean there simply is not NATLIST.TXT anymore using that firmware?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:57:53 EDT

in10ct : Just tried this with the DI-624 Rev E. Firmware 5.00.

No dice!

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:08:11 EDT

sysut1 : And 804HV and 808HV also dont work

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:29:57 EDT

sURFNmADNESS : Add one more router this does not work on..... :(

DIR-635

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:18:11 EDT

ispalten : Opps, your right... I didn't read the HELP and rested on my memory, which is faulty.

Changed USER P/W, works fine, thanks...
--
Irv Spalten

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:47:29 EDT

Scree :

said by cloveskat :

I do have a question - why would the "out port" ALWAYS be a 60000+ port instead of the ports you specify? Thats one of my main annoyances.. Ex: I runa game server with the port 29070 udp in/out.. it picks 60045 or something for in.. Why is it doing that? and is there any way to fix it? People cannot list it as a favorite as it always changes..

I'm sure there's a better techy explanation, but it probably just has to do with how the router operates using NAT; that is, the 60000+ ports are actually internal to the router and not what the outside world is seeing as accessible.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:43:51 EDT

Scree :

said by ispalten :

Looks like the latest DI-624 Rev. C Beta driver, Firmware Version: 2.75, Firmware Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006,
is giving it a problem.

==========
Up Time: 0:55:52 Boot: Thursday 7/6/2006 3:49:50 PM
Network: {2} (Could not get other router info: 401 Unauthorized)
==========

I do have a P/W and need it to get into the web page. Also same one in the Monitor, and had been the one I used before with the prior firmware and it worked fine. Running version 1.7.95.

Irv

Hmmm... I guess you're already sure you reentered the password for the *User* account in the router's settings, which the monitor app uses (not the Admin account)?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:50:56 EDT

ispalten : Looks like the latest DI-624 Rev. C Beta driver, Firmware Version: 2.75, Firmware Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006,
is giving it a problem.

==========
Up Time: 0:55:52 Boot: Thursday 7/6/2006 3:49:50 PM
Network: {2} (Could not get other router info: 401 Unauthorized)
==========

I do have a P/W and need it to get into the web page. Also same one in the Monitor, and had been the one I used before with the prior firmware and it worked fine. Running version 1.7.95.

Irv
--
Irv Spalten

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:02:20 EDT

cloveskat : I do have a question - why would the "out port" ALWAYS be a 60000+ port instead of the ports you specify? Thats one of my main annoyances.. Ex: I runa game server with the port 29070 udp in/out.. it picks 60045 or something for in.. Why is it doing that? and is there any way to fix it? People cannot list it as a favorite as it always changes..

Thanks, Charles

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:23:10 EDT

redbeardce :

said by funchords :

Does this work for you?

http://192.168.0.1/NATLIST.TXT

For what it's worth, this does not work on my DI-624 H/W: E1 - F/W: 5.00

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 03:54:51 EDT

DesertGoon : I've used this utility to monitor traffic on my DI-624 and find it very useful. :D In my situation I'm sharing my satellite broadband with neighbours (using predefined IP) and thus would like to monitor the bandwidth used by each of them. It would be great if you can add a feature to monitor bandwidth by local IP addr... :)

~DG

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:05:48 EDT

Talon88 : :::

Good Work, Support....!

:::

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:34:46 EDT

Scree : Another quick update, 1.7.95...

- Had to fix the other router info again, never noticed before it would mess up when the router didn't have an IP (being 0.0.0.0) and no DNS (just blank) when isp is down for a while, e.g.

- Fixed minor quirk in settings dialog with the ping buttons.

Cheers! :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:06:17 EDT

Scree : Another quick update (1.7.92) that fixes other router info for the new DI-604 3.52 firmware, and can now access the same tray icon popup menu by right-clicking an empty spot in the panel.

Cheers

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 21 May 2006 01:43:21 EDT

Talon88 : :::

Support for the great work....!

:::

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 20 May 2006 15:51:31 EDT

WNSmith : Scree,

Again. Any hope to have something for models like the 634M? Thank you for all your good work so far.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 20 May 2006 13:44:19 EDT

Scree : Just a quick update 1.7.9 that addresses a few points:

- Fixed bug with the panel being turned off after exiting as a tray icon.
- Updated some info and added tray menu choices for getting firmware.
- (Was in 1.7.8) Http access method change to hopefully avoid problems (or crashes).

Cheers :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 17 May 2006 03:33:47 EDT

DesertGoon : There is version 1.7.8 (attached).

~DG

D-Link Route···.7.8.zip 430,551 bytes

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 10 May 2006 16:35:13 EDT

Scree : Hiya. When logging, any errors are always logged (at the time of trying to poll the router, of course), and even when no wanted text is found. So messages such as "no data returned" or timeouts would be in there.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 10 May 2006 07:57:17 EDT

rejkpolg : a feature i would like to see:
with all the problems with p2p programs resetting d-link routers, be able to detect when the router resets, and save the last seen NATLIST file, so that one could determine how to modify the settings in whatever p2p program one uses, theres probably other uses for this also :)

probably either detect connection loss, or when the boottime or uptime changes, or if NATLIST is unable to be found

or at very least, when no file is found, just display that message, then below that have the last data, i'd think this would be a very simiple change.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 08 May 2006 14:36:33 EDT

WNSmith : Is there any plans to support some of the new routers? Specifically in my case the DI-634M. There does not seem to be a NATLIST.TXT page on this router. I wonder if there is any other way to get the data the Connections Monitor needs?

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 05:14:54 EDT

Anonymous_ :

said by funchords :

Does this work for you?

http://192.168.0.1/NATLIST.TXT

worked for me

DI-524 Rev D1

--
"To Start Press Any Key". Where's the ANY key? I see Esk ["ESC"], Catarl ["CTRL"], and Pig-Up ["PGUP"].

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:37:58 EDT

Kalidor :

said by Scree :

Well if d-link has that page in the emulator for that model on their site, I'll take a look and consider it. :)

Would a static copy of the page or the page source code be sufficient for your purposes? There are several routers now which use this page...

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 04 Mar 2006 01:40:11 EDT

zenos2 : I didn't see any posts about the 524 Rev.C and know it wasn't technically designed for it, but thought I would post that it works fine under XP SP2,checked all settings and tooltips, no errors.
Great utility!!!

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:03:05 EDT

Kringle : FURTHER UPDATE:

Like it was said in "Good Will Hunting"...
"It's NOT your fault"

The entire problem is OS-dependent:
The app works on Win2k, Win2k Server, Win2k Advanced Server, WinXP Pro, Win98SE but NOT on WinNT4 SP6a (of course that would be the machine I was trying it on)!!!

Sorry about wasting your time. Thanks again for a fine little utility.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:14:44 EDT

Kringle :

said by Scree :
Try deleting the .ini file if there, run the app, and then quit without viewing the Settings dialog. Run the app again, and does that error occur?

I tried letting the app generate its own default .ini file before I added my "UPDATE" post just in case my original .ini file was causing the problem.

No joy in Mudville. I even tried leaving the .ini file as the app generated it (without changing the router's IP Address to match mine) and I get the same error.

My .ini file is precisely the default except that I've changed the IP Address of my DI-604 (manually this time). I've got to run right now but, if you think that the contents of my .ini file will help, let me know and I'll get around to sending it sometime this evening.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:51:37 EDT

Scree :

said by Kringle :

Another Error Message...

* Click 'Settings' and the following Message Box appears:
[att=1]
* Click 'OK' in the Message Box and the entire application closes (somewhat inelegantly).

Any thoughts on that one as well?

Try deleting the .ini file if there, run the app, and then quit without viewing the Settings dialog. Run the app again, and does that error occur? If so, please send me your .ini file content in a private message.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:47:38 EDT

Scree :

said by fender16 :

I got error message.

"Run-Time Error '339'
Component 'DartUtil.dll' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invaild."

any idea?

hmmm Well, the app is designed to self-register the dlls it uses, so if that one is definitely in the app's folder, my first guess would be perhaps the dll really is invalid. Have you tried another copy from the download? Otherwise, do you happen to be on a non-admin user account? It could be possible the file is being "blocked" (like how XP restricts downloaded files from executing until click "unblock" button in properties for the file).

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:48:16 EDT

Kringle : UPDATE:

Could this MSDN Entry explain the problem?

I understand that it's impossible to test on ALL platform combinations and, so far, this is a very useful and functional application. Thank you!

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:56:34 EDT

Kringle : Another Error Message...

* Click 'Settings' and the following Message Box appears:
[att=1]
* Click 'OK' in the Message Box and the entire application closes (somewhat inelegantly).

Any thoughts on that one as well?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:14:55 EDT

fender16 : I got error message.

"Run-Time Error '339'
Component 'DartUtil.dll' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invaild."

any idea?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:06:26 EDT

catric69 : In the main D-link forum on the left hand side. Good luck!!

Eric.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:32:07 EDT

anon : Hi from Greece,
I have a 604T, I would like to use your utility but unfortunately I cannot find where to download it.

Thanks for your kind reply

Leo
leonembo@lar.forthnet.gr

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:09:51 EDT

dietcokefien : Just wanted to mention on my 634M, I tried the thing the guy above me was using "get_active_sessions_data.html", and it listes out various items under the status tab. Here is an example:

Active Sessions

This page displays the full details of active sessions to your router.
Active Sessions
Internal Protocol External NAT Priority State Dir Time Out
192.168.0.104:8008 UDP 239.255.255.250:1900 8008 255 - Egress 288

Formatting is kinda wacky, but you get the idea ;)

How might I find out what other hidden pages are on my router?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:16:25 EDT

fender16 : I got error message.

"Run-Time Error '339'
Component 'DartUtil.dll' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invaild."

The dll file is there. any idea?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 00:24:10 EDT

rycher6 : Hi,

I just wanted to say that it works well with a DI-524 also. Thanks Scree!

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:27:37 EDT

Scree : hehe Funchords must need a new rev!

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:56:24 EDT

funchords :

said by NewPjotr :

"Why do you need a utility if the NATLIST.TXT shows the same info?"

:o, good point. :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:21:37 EDT

NewPjotr :

said by funchords :

said by NewPjotr :

So, any plans for DGL-4300 router support?

Since the DGL-4300 provides this info, why would you want a second utility?

For the same reason the utility exists for other routers.

"Why do you need a utility if the NATLIST.TXT shows the same info?"

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 01:16:28 EDT

funchords :

said by Greywulf99 :

It's much more convenient to use this great utility

Oh, it's not that great! :)((gives Scree a friendly poke)):D:o;):p:)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 01:05:04 EDT

Greywulf99 :

said by funchords :

Since the DGL-4300 provides this info, why would you want a second utility?

It's much more convenient to use this great utility rather than have a browser window open and refresh it yourself. Maybe it refreshes automatically, but I can still see why it'd be nice. Easier to keep track of uptime and other usefull information, more organized, no browser window :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:24:14 EDT

funchords :

said by NewPjotr :

So, any plans for DGL-4300 router support?

Since the DGL-4300 provides this info, why would you want a second utility?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:52:24 EDT

Scree : Well if d-link has that page in the emulator for that model on their site, I'll take a look and consider it. :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:31:46 EDT

NewPjotr : So, any plans for DGL-4300 router support? It doesn't have the NATLIST.TXT page available, but instead »192.168.7.7/get_active_sessions_data.html

This page contains flash and crap, but the connections look like this:

Internal  	Protocol  	External  	NAT  	Priority  	State  	Dir  	 Time Out
192.168.7.158:28016	UDP	80.143.163.92:4730	28016	0	-	-	119
192.168.7.158:28016	UDP	172.177.7.105:64659	28016	0	-	-	118
192.168.7.101:1674	TCP	193.111.104.209:443	41641	255	-	-	4160
192.168.7.101:1672	TCP	193.111.104.209:443	29218	255	-	-	4153

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:28:39 EDT

funchords : Ah, that figures it would be the French causing all the trouble (friendly poke!)

:):D:o;):p:)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:00:58 EDT

larny : Hi,

Version 1.7.6 works perfectly ;)

Thanks a lot Scree

Larny

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:09:31 EDT

Scree : Update 1.7.6... Now fully international locale aware, so the 2 settings that use decimals (the font size and the Up Time compensation) should no longer error being read on startup. :)

D-Link Route···.7.6.zip 429,835 bytes
D-Link Router Connection Monitor 1.7.6 download

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:00:34 EDT

Scree : I now see that the error is a data type mismatch loading from the file, so it seems a setting is not converting right for non-U.S. locales.

So mjf, it looks like at least 1 more for this year! :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:56:25 EDT

Upo3 : Downloaded 1.7.5, same error as larny. I have scrrun.dll version 5.6.0.8820.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:48:55 EDT

larny : Hi,

Thanks Scree for this great utility...

I've the same error as Upo : "There was an error loading a saved setting (13). Please do not edit the .ini settings file directly. Otherwise, it could be corrupt (though are)."

My OS : Windows XP SP2 French (with scrrun.dll in windows/system32)

I've this problem with version 1.7.3, 1.7.4 and 1.7.5.

This morning, i found an older version (1.3.0) and this version works perfectly !!! (no error message)

But i didn't find others versions between 1.3.0 and 1.7.3 to test. So, if you give me a link to download this versions, i could tell you when the problem appeared.

Sorry for my bad english
Regards,

Larny

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:22:12 EDT

mjf : Hey Scree !

You sure are keeping me busy updating the links! ;)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:27:55 EDT

pb5k : Wow, glad that was of some help :)

I also found it strange for my WinXP Pro box to be missing that file as well, seeing that my other 2 XP boxes ran the monitor as well without any errors.

Anyway, I turned off the compatibility mode and moved scrrun.dll out of my system32 folder. When I ran it again, it did tell me that scrrun.dll was needed, so I guess that's a good thing. It would just stall before and not say a thing ;)

Oh, and many thanks for the tremendously useful app!:D

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:10:29 EDT

Scree : Update 1.7.5... A support file check on startup glitch fixed, app should now say if anything wrong. (This also may or may not have been related to the other error about the settings file.)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:09:20 EDT

Scree : Wow, thanks for that info. The app does in fact make use of scrrun.dll, which should be standard-issue on XP at least. The thing is, the app does check for it first, and should display that missing file error message on any OS! Oh well, I'll make sure to avoid the trouble somehow.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:53:30 EDT

pb5k : Hi guys,

I had the same issue on my fully patched WinXP Pro box. Don't know if it will work for you, but on a whim I ran the program in the compatibility mode for Windows 2000, and it came up saying it needed scrrun.dll. I downloaded that dll from dll-files.com and put it into my windows\system32 directory, and now it's running just fine.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:01:19 EDT

Scree : Update 1.7.4... Hopefully avoids the startup error due to some failure to use whatever default setting on some systems (Boy is that clear -LOL; and if problem persists, let me say sorry again beforehand). Otherwise, a couple very minor changes made to some text, including narrowing of the tray balloon.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:26:41 EDT

Upo3 : My brother have tried it with XP Pro US and the same result.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 01:30:07 EDT

Scree : I'll look into this more closely and find what could be erroring in the settings load area. I guess a clue could have something to do with a different language locale, but not sure.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:53:54 EDT

Upo3 : This is a screen capture about what happens in ALL PCs I can reach (15 workstations with XP hungarian, 2 servers win2003, 1 english and 1 hungarian). So sad that I can't try this software... Can I reach an older version somewhere to try if it starts anyway?

dslrep.wmv 279,116 bytes
Capture

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:49:22 EDT

funchords : Scree and Upo,

Please totally ignore that input. I must have been thinking about something else. I'm running Linux these days, so I was going on faulty memory. For one, I thought that this thing had an installer.

I did go to a Windows machine and downloaded the latest. I copied it into a virgin Program Files directory and launched it as Admin and User. It is working fine either way.

Sorry for the confusion guys!!

... I'm going to go away now and hide in a different thread ...
--
Robb Topolski -= funchords.com =- Hillsboro, Oregon USA
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Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:24:30 EDT
Upo3 :
said by funchords :

said by Upo3 :

No success...:(
Tried with 5 different PCs, 2 of Windows Server 2003 SP1 and 3 of XP SP2 with Admin privs, even with Admin user himself, and all the same result!
Tried %userprofile%\Application Data\D-Link Connection Monitor\ dir, the same error.

Sorry to put you through that. My reply was for Scree as a suggestion for the next version.

What YOU can do is,
•login as Admin,
•go to the C:\Program Files directory,
•right click on the folder with the D-Link Connection Monitor utility,
•select Security/Sharing,
•click on the Users line (or add it if it is not there),
•check the boxes that give Users everything from Full Control on down.
•Go into the directory
•Put the existing .ini file in the trashcan
•Log out as Admin and log in as User
•Run the utility and do some stuff
•Close the utility

Now that the file is created, the permissions should stick

Done that, and when I run the utility it gives the same message, and that's all. Can't do some stuff because it doesn't even start...

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:06:56 EDT
Scree : OK, just so I understand the issue more... When the app is first run, there is no .ini yet, so the app should be using default values and never error in that case. The only time you should get that error described above is when a bad value is read from the .ini file, because checking is just overkill for the settings IMO (well OK, the most purely graceful apps should always handle simple errors like that, but the type of error in question really only occurs when someone edits the file wrongly, or if the file becomes corrupt because of disk trouble). Anyhoo, so getting that error when you first unzip and run the app would seem to suggest that permissions are somehow preventing the app from using defaults even when the .ini file is not there?? That's where I'm confused now, it's like the app has no permission to use even the default return from GetPrivateProfileString then on those systems? Or is it really the SECOND run of the app after the initial .ini file is created, because it was saved with bogus values (because again that error should never appear unless an .ini file is already there being read)?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 14:44:40 EDT
funchords :
said by Upo3 :

No success...:(
Tried with 5 different PCs, 2 of Windows Server 2003 SP1 and 3 of XP SP2 with Admin privs, even with Admin user himself, and all the same result!
Tried %userprofile%\Application Data\D-Link Connection Monitor\ dir, the same error.

Sorry to put you through that. My reply was for Scree as a suggestion for the next version.

What YOU can do is,
•login as Admin,
•go to the C:\Program Files directory,
•right click on the folder with the D-Link Connection Monitor utility,
•select Security/Sharing,
•click on the Users line (or add it if it is not there),
•check the boxes that give Users everything from Full Control on down.
•Go into the directory
•Put the existing .ini file in the trashcan
•Log out as Admin and log in as User
•Run the utility and do some stuff
•Close the utility

Now that the file is created, the permissions should stick
--
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Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:28:36 EDT
Upo3 : No success...:(
Tried with 5 different PCs, 2 of Windows Server 2003 SP1 and 3 of XP SP2 with Admin privs, even with Admin user himself, and all the same result!
Tried %userprofile%\Application Data\D-Link Connection Monitor\ dir, the same error.

It is version 1.7.3 dowloaded from here. Zip file has no checksum error so download must be OK.
Is it possible that XP SP2/WinSVR2003 SP1 causes that error?
Some hidden security settings???

How can I debug this?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 03:49:59 EDT
funchords :
said by Scree :

Thanks for the note, it probably does have to do with permissions. I'll probably end up making that error message more descriptive now, or still run with a note about setting won't be saved or something.

Instead, can you write the .ini file to %userprofile%\Application Data\D-Link Connection Monitor\(filename)?

You'll have to create that directory, but after that you avoid the permissions problem.
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Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 03:39:50 EDT
Scree : Thanks for the note, it probably does have to do with permissions. I'll probably end up making that error message more descriptive now, or still run with a note about setting won't be saved or something.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:30:31 EDT
funchords : Perhaps a permissions issue?

Are you running this under Admin privileges or under User privileges?

If the latter, then try running it under Admin privs once, and then the .INI file would be created. Then you can set permissions to access the directory for future use as a User.
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Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:25:32 EDT
Greywulf99 : sure, although if it doesn't create it automatically for you something is probably wrong other than the .ini file.
inifile.rar 815 bytes

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:49:35 EDT
Upo3 :
said by Greywulf99 :

Try deleting the D-Link Router Connection Monitor.ini and running it again. I just renamed mine as a test and it started up fine with default settings.

Could you send me that default ini file so I can try with it?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:34:10 EDT
anon : There's no .ini file! Just these:
D-Link Router Connection Monitor.exe
D-Link Router Connection Monitor.exe.manifest
DartSock.dll
DartUtil.dll
DartWeb.dll
RICHTX32.OCX

Any ideas?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:06:21 EDT
Greywulf99 : Try deleting the D-Link Router Connection Monitor.ini and running it again. I just renamed mine as a test and it started up fine with default settings.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:37:03 EDT
anon : Unpacked .zip file, started the program and the following error message appears:
"There was an error loading a saved setting. Please don't edit the .ini file directly!" and the program doesn't start.
What should I do?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 01:26:11 EDT
funchords :
said by Scree :

Just a note to say that in sysinternals TCPView, I noticed that it resolves 0.0.0.0 to the local computer name, and these entries always have "LISTENING" for TCP (I never see them in any other state in that utility), or they are UDP.

Right. If they were connected via TCP, you would see a second entry with the same port, but the local IP address would appear instead of 0.0.0.0.

0.0.0.0 means "all interfaces."

Since UDP is connectionless, you won't see a second entry.
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Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:39:26 EDT
Scree : Just a note to say that in sysinternals TCPView, I noticed that it resolves 0.0.0.0 to the local computer name, and these entries always have "LISTENING" for TCP (I never see them in any other state in that utility), or they are UDP.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 11:57:38 EDT
anon : In fact the only Software firewall , is windows XP one
but it is deactivated for the LAN part.
I got Avast Antivirus Also, it use TCP filter between POP server and Client

but again the 2.07 firmware didn't list these UDP 0.0.0.0 entries I only see these entries with 2.08 firmware
I monitor the router from outside , with the internal PC Off
and see the UDP 0.0.0.0 with 2.08 but not 2.07
I also try the use Ethereal to capture those strange packets without success.

for me its a Firmware bug .

Merry Christmas @ all

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:38:38 EDT
funchords :
said by Freuk :

I have a lot of entry UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.100:1623 with destination port incremented continuously
Do you have a software firewall on 192.168.0.100?

The port above 1024 and the fact that it is incrementing tells me that the activity is being initiated by 192.168.0.100 and that the router is opening a session for it.

0.0.0.0 means one of two things --

1. It's an all-zeros discovery broadcast (some computers use that for DHCP, but most use 255.255.255.255).

2. That your router is accepting traffic from 192.168.0.100 on "any port" (you'll see that in your 'netstat -a' on your computer, too). 0.0.0.0 means any port, 127.0.0.1 means localloopback only, and then there's separate entries for each individual IP).
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Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:29:55 EDT
funchords : Well I'm just guessing, but those two ports together smell like NetMeeting to me.

Just because there is a listener there doesn't mean it will do anything with the packets. It does appear at the end of the list, below the active sessions.

I wouldn't expect Tech Support to know about stuff like this. We really are hacking and snooping into the internals at this point.

Haven't you unARJ'ed the firmware and looked at it in a HEX editor, yet? :-):D:o:p;)
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Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:23:48 EDT
anon : if the Port Monitor is for NetMeeting , they should not be
monitoring because i didn't use and do any setting for the use of netmetting.
this could be a security issue !
there is a entry in application for netmeeting but it is uncheked.

Once more time Thanks to Dlink and they responsive support !! :(

Many thanks to theses User Forum , for they help much more better than Dlink support! :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:16:32 EDT
anon : TCPview did'nt see any thing
I downgrade to firmware 2.07 ( last official from Dlink )
and I have no longer UDP 0.0.0.0 NAT entries
so I think this is a bug of the 2.07 firmware

Special Thanks to Dlink to their bad support !!!!

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:55:16 EDT
funchords :
said by Freuk :

what are the entry Monitor Port1: 1720, m_tick=0 Monitor Port2: 1503
there is no open TCP/UDP port on 1720 & 1503

I think these are special listening ports that try to detect Netmeeting. 1503 is T.120 (data call) and 1720 is H.323 (video call). Netmeeting is hell to traverse over NAT.
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Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:48:42 EDT
Scree :
said by Freuk :

A few question about the content of the NATLIST.txt on a DI-624+

what are the entry Monitor Port1: 1720, m_tick=0 Monitor Port2: 1503
there is no open TCP/UDP port on 1720 & 1503 ??
I have a lot of entry UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.100:1623
with destination port incremented continuously
what does it mean ? a new sort of scan ? a bug on the 2.08 firmware ( i never seen it in 2.07 )

Thank for any help

Hi, sorry noone could answer. I don't know either, but my guess is they could be the ports the router uses for getting dns resolve responses, or some other incoming stuff from either the wan or lan. For the m_tick's, no idea on that. As for the UDP 0.0.0.0:0 entries, that is weird -- have you used something like Sysinternal's TCPView to see what app is using port 1623 on your 192.168.0.100 computer?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:12:59 EDT
Scree : Hey thanks for the comment! :)

As usual, the ironing out of quirks and/or oversights has been done for 1.7.3, attached here. Most notable is I added a setting to set the number of dns resolve threads used (1 to 4), instead of always 4. Also fixed a tray menu issue (concerning balloon setting - can middle-button click to turn on/off always setting), and a couple other very minor things.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 03:07:07 EDT
Greywulf99 : AWESOME. Been looking forward to the next update. Definitely worth the short wait. Thank you very much, you rock Scree.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 01:39:18 EDT
Scree : OK guys, update 1.7 has arrived! There are such extensive enhancements that I will surely overlook something, so please be sure to read the tooltips of almost EVERYTHING. :D

- Remote IP resolving now occurs in the background! No more waiting for timeouts and very long lists to finish.

- Can now have an update interval of up to 6 hours.

- Can hide/show the settings panel in the main window (F4 key).

- New setting to show a system tray ballon with useful info, and also expanded the tray icon tooltip. (Both for newer Windows only.)

- New setting to always log the Up Time/Boot line even when no text is found (every 2 minutes when interval less than that).

- New setting to make the entry numbers uniform.

- New setting to turn off the log when you type in the highlight box.

- New setting to enable using a command at the beginning of an added highlight list item to automatically change/activate logging when the command is selected. (details in the tooltips)

- When restore window is on and an item is found, the app window will flash when it is in the background.

- Can now set to restore window only when first item found.

- Can now set to show lines only with the first item found.

- Can hold shift to go to tray when the min to tray setting is off.

- Network computer count added to the router info.

- Reworked many other things!

Happy Holidays:)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:58:14 EDT
joewesh : Thanks.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:25:14 EDT
mjf : Rather than describe the location on the left hand sidebar of the forum, I will link it here:

»/r0/download/9···.6.6.zip
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Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:53:46 EDT
joewesh : This may be a dumb question but where does someone get this utility?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:18:18 EDT
saison :
said by biiqydanz :

how many people here have had long sessions so far? if so.. how many days?

I am thinking that, for me at least, I have found a solution for reboot problem. This is not satisfying, but I have tried to be wired instead of wireless connected to the router. And, for a week now, no reboot, and stable performance (bit torrent download during this test week).

If anyone have report this, or if anyone have succeed to run router more than 1 week without reboot, with wireless, security, and download traffic (P2P or not), please inform me, with firmware version. Mine is 2.71b7.

Thanks

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:57:09 EDT
Scree :
said by rider1234 :

Is there any way to log the up time only? I am trying to use this program to check how often the router reboots, but the log file I get is huge because includes all the lines. I tried using "found lines only" and setting the highlighting criteria to something not common (network errors for instance) but if there is no "lines found", the log doesn't include any information on the up time.
Well, currently there is no easy way to do that, but I like it, so expect a setting to always log router info when nothing found in the next version. :D

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:34:13 EDT
rider1234 : Is there any way to log the up time only? I am trying to use this program to check how often the router reboots, but the log file I get is huge because includes all the lines. I tried using "found lines only" and setting the highlighting criteria to something not common (network errors for instance) but if there is no "lines found", the log doesn't include any information on the up time.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 09 Dec 2005 05:19:58 EDT
Scree : Sorry to hear the Dx models don't include the special natlist.txt file. Thanks for the info, at least - I'll probably add a note to the intro text.

1.6.7 is coming along soon, added more conveniences, smoothed out many (minor) bug wrinkles, and many should like the optional tray balloon with current info. :)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:45:53 EDT
gsn_de :
said by Scree :

Well, the only possibility is either you using an unsupported model of the DI-604 (the D1 is known not to have the NATLIST.TXT feature, for example),...

Well, this is probably the cause for my problem as well. I have the D2 version

Re: DI-624 perfect, DI-604 out of luck

Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:01:44 EDT
gsn_de :
said by EOMbb :

Set the User Password in the DI-604 router and also in Scree's utility under Settings.

Did that. As I said, I managed to configure it for the DI-624 without any problem. If I try to browse to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/natlist.txt I get a file not found error in my browser.

Re: DI-624 perfect, DI-604 out of luck

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:26:09 EDT
EOMbb : Set the User Password in the DI-604 router and also in Scree's utility under Settings.

Works fine with DI-604 (all firmware levels).

Re: DI-624 perfect, DI-604 out of luck

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:29:37 EDT
gsn_de :
said by Scree :

said by gsn_de :

How do you mean "fails"? The app itself, or reported data, etc.? If the app, maybe you're just missing a support file on a different computer, e.g.; if reported data, need more info from ya.

Scree, it looks like my DI-604 neither has the natlist.txt nor any other *.txt file I know exists for example on my DI-624. They maybe exist under a different name, who knows ?

If I select the IP of the DI-624 in your settings dialog, I instantly see the the router model and firmware version, WAN-IP and DNS settings. If I select the DI-604, I see no model information, under WAN-IP "expected data not found" and under DNS "the router page does not contain the data being checked for".

Any idea ?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 05 Dec 2005 07:28:22 EDT
anon : A few question about the content of the NATLIST.txt
on a DI-624+

what are the entry Monitor Port1: 1720, m_tick=0 Monitor Port2: 1503
there is no open TCP/UDP port on 1720 & 1503 ??
I have a lot of entry UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.100:1623
with destination port incremented continuously
what does it mean ? a new sort of scan ? a bug on the 2.08 firmware ( i never seen it in 2.07 )

Thank for any help

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:23:57 EDT
Scree : Oh gosh! Oh dear! Bug fix time with update 1.6.6... (But as usual, I tend to add in something while fixing it)...

- The implementation of minimal cpu load while minimized or trayed killed the restore window on highlight ability. Sorry about that. It's now fixed, still keeping a method of reduced cpu load, and that code area was improved a bit as well.

- Can now set to restore on only when first item is found, besides all (just like the beep setting, on the tray menu too). (Right-click "Restore Window When Highlight" setting.)

- Can now set to not log the router model/firmware/address line, just like not displaying it. (Right-click "Also Log Router Useful Information" setting.)

- Added a ping ability for the router address in the Settings dialog. (Good for testing remote addresses, at least.)

- The View Log button tooltip now shows the file size of the current or last used log file.

- Once again, worked around what appeared to be a problem with the dns resolving library. Should be good now, or I will have no more hair.

- Turning off word-wrap was broken (very long lines still wrapped somewhere). Fixed.

- For whatever reason, I made right-clicking Pause also show the initial welcome text.

- Can now right-click the Forum button to go to your fav forum list. :)

Joy:D

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:40:19 EDT
sURFNmADNESS : DI-824vup update. Does not work with it. I tried the various URLs listed in this posting, none result with any info. I loaded the monitor and still got ..

The data returned from 192.168.0.1 on port 80 was not what is expected from a supported D-Link router.

Please make sure the address is actually a D-Link router, and that it supports the NATLIST.TXT page in your web browser.

Expected Data:

curr time :

Returned Data:

Not Found

So it looks like this model is not supported. BTW FW=1.05
Thanks for the effort, it looks like a nice program.

Re: DI-624 perfect, DI-604 out of luck

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:05:24 EDT
Scree :
said by gsn_de :

With my DI-624 it works like a charm, on my DI-604 it fails (Revision D2, FW 3.11).
Can anyone please confirm that this not just because of me ?
You're welcome, and thanks much.:)

How do you mean "fails"? The app itself, or reported data, etc.? If the app, maybe you're just missing a support file on a different computer, e.g.; if reported data, need more info from ya.

DI-624 perfect, DI-604 out of luck

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:39:11 EDT
gsn_de : Thank you for this software which is getting better and better ! With my DI-624 it works like a charm, on my DI-604 it fails (Revision D2, FW 3.11).
Can anyone please confirm that this not just because of me ?

Thanks a lot.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:20:50 EDT
rseiler : Thanks, I just stumbled on this tool and it works great (once I figured out the user password thingie, which I'd never even noticed before).

Now all I need to find is something that can peer into my Motorola modem in a similar fashion (its log scrolls off after one page in the Web interface) and I'll be all set.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:53:55 EDT
JB2001 : Thanks for the new "sorted by age" option. It's working very well for me.
Jon

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:43:59 EDT
Scree : Yeh..the only reason I decided to use the User password in the app is so there's less of a security risk, that is since the router's User account is read-only, it's not such a big deal if say your kid finds out the password through some knowledgeable means.:) The only problem is that the User password must be set in the router (its blank by default) because the library the app uses to access http doesn't allow a blank password to be sent.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:58:10 EDT
barfoo : Doh, now I get it. I didn't realize there were 2 passwords for the router, user and admin.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:13:26 EDT
saison : I could not find any words to try to describe how I am impress by your application.
Keep going

Congratulations!

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:06:42 EDT
EOMbb : barfoo,
Set the User Password in the router and also in Scree's utility under Settings.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:36:40 EDT
barfoo : Scree,
Thanks for the great util, it's been very handy. I have a DI-524 (rev. D, firmware 4.00, so new it isn't even on the D-Link site yet).
Everything works well except the "other useful info" feature: My display shows:
Up Time: 4 days 21:49:59 Boot: Saturday 11/26/2005 13:39:19 (Could not get other router info: 401 Unauthorized)
I know you've revised this feature for different router models, is there a chance it could be updated for this one? The status page (I'm assuming this is what the monitor is reading) is at http://192.168.0.1/st_device.html.

Thanks,

Barfoo

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:55:26 EDT
Scree : Update 1.6.5 has some new features and changes....

- Added the sort setting to sort the entries on ascending or descending age. (Entries with the same age are not further sorted by anything, hope that's OK. Translation: Extra processing would be involved, if I could get past the difficulty first.:D)

- The other useful info now includes the router model, firmware version, and its address. Can right-click the 'display other useful info' setting to not display this line if prefer (it will still appear in log files).

- Data saved in log files now includes a count of the lines logged (next to 'Logged All Lines' or 'Text Found' in parentheses), the day of the week with the log date/times, and the extra router info said above.

- Can now set your own default window size by right-clicking the R button, which is then used when normally click R. Can restore the default size used with shift-right-click.

- Can now delete the last used/default log file by right-clicking the View Log button (you're asked first, of course). Also can delete all log files in the log folder with shift-right-click.

- Can open the last folder used for Save by right-clicking the Save button.

- The update interval preset buttons were changed to a drop list to reclaim the window space for the sort setting. Also changed 'process only tcp/udp/icmp' to a button.

- When the app window is visible but not in the foreground, less cpu is used during all repeated-text coloring. If it is in the foreground, less cpu is used only when there are more than 500 entries to show like before (actually it will reduce cpu just a little less than before, in order to take a little less time updating the display).

- Other display tweaks and fixes as usual.

Enjoy. :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:53:09 EDT
anon : thk u very much 4 the info.
will check st_devic*.html now :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:08:06 EDT
Scree :
said by oraitecamonyes :

congratulations once more for the program!
It's working great on my di-614+.
do u mind telling me where do u get this information:
Up Time: 1 day 2:44:34 Boot: segunda-feira 28-11-2005 21:53:30
WAN IP: 87.196.31.xxx DNS: 195.23.129.126, 194.79.69.222

i dont thinks it is from either LOGFILE.TXT or NATLIST.TXT.
is there any other file we can access to get info about the router/connection?

thx in advance :)

Thanks much. :)

The Up Time is from natlist.txt (and its slowness is compensated for if don't disable that setting); WAN IP and DNS are from st_devic.html or st_device.html (differs per model and requires the User password set); and the Boot time is just calculated by subtracting the Up Time from the current.

I don't access LOGFILE.TXT because it's not on my DI-604. Besides that, I don't think there's any other file like that on the routers.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:00:11 EDT
Scree : I worked in a sort setting now that will show ascending or descending entry ages. After further testing I'll have the next rev up here. :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:44:42 EDT
anon : congratulations once more for the program!
It's working great on my di-614+.
do u mind telling me where do u get this information:
Up Time: 1 day 2:44:34 Boot: segunda-feira 28-11-2005 21:53:30
WAN IP: 87.196.31.xxx DNS: 195.23.129.126, 194.79.69.222

i dont thinks it is from either LOGFILE.TXT or NATLIST.TXT.
is there any other file we can access to get info about the router/connection?

thx in advance :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:27:47 EDT
JB2001 : Thanks for considering a sort option. I only had about 40 connections to sort through, so I could freeze the display and inspect without "resorting";) to an external text editor. Might have to take that approach next time though.
Jon

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:12:14 EDT
Scree :
said by JB2001 :

Is there a feature to sort the log entries that I missed somewhere? I found myself wishing for a way to sort the log in time order while chasing a DNS problem.
Currently there's not an option to sort to log display, so I may add that now. :) You probably could sort part of a saved log copied into your favorite text editor, if it can sort lines based on a specified start position (in this case, where "Age" is).

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:08:50 EDT
JB2001 : Is there a feature to sort the log entries that I missed somewhere? I found myself wishing for a way to sort the log in time order while chasing a DNS problem.
Jon

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:36:47 EDT
randalla : I just used Photoshop to save the captured screen to a JPEG file and then uploaded the attachment.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:57:59 EDT
biiqydanz : hey.. how did you add a pic to this? I tried uploading mine but mine doesnt load up right away like yours does

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:21:16 EDT
randalla : I got 22 days:

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:31:23 EDT
biiqydanz : nicee you have 20 days..

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:55:18 EDT
Berill : Not in intense traffic (no p2p).

But 20 days.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:42:13 EDT
Scree : Darn, I would have had a nice 30 day one before, but I was rebooting the router to test the boot time calculation. lol

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:46:13 EDT
biiqydanz : anybody else with long sessions that would like to take a screenshot for us? (yeah 5 days is good) seems like its stable..

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:52:48 EDT
saison : I don't know how much it will stay up, but it is already good (I think)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:21:23 EDT
biiqydanz : how many people here have had long sessions so far? if so.. how many days?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 27 Nov 2005 10:12:13 EDT
Talon88 : :::

Cool.....
Thanks for your hard working......!

:::

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 26 Nov 2005 20:55:43 EDT
Scree : Update 1.6.1 quick addition: The tooltip on the resolves remaining indicator is now "live" with remote IP data. Also fixed a tooltip issue in the process of adding this. See previous message for 1.6 changes.

Cheers again.:)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 26 Nov 2005 05:14:20 EDT
Scree : Important tweaks and what-not in update 1.6... :)

- Better worked out the time drift compensation, and the percentage can now be specified. This simply keeps the Up Time "real" by adding a percentage of it to itself, and therefore makes the calulcated Boot time stable. You should be able to settle on a percentage that keeps the times fairly accurate after a day (though the default I use is pretty good right from the start).

- Added a setting in the Colors dialog to disable coloring the TCP, UDP, ICMP entry labels (also disables styling "???" and "Now" text) to reduce CPU load when there's a lot of entries.

- Even when coloring above, CPU load will still be reduced a bit when there are more than 500 entries to show (there will just be a slight additional delay before the display updates).

- CPU load is now minimal while the app is minimized or in the system tray.

- Along with the counts of what entries were hidden, the count of the entries being shown is now on the Total Entries line.

- Changed the "process only TCP/UDP/ICMP" indicator to save space. Can also right-click it to jump back to showing all.

- Tweaked several other display things, changed some tooltips, caught a few obscure buggies (including potential app crash because of the dns resolving library). Also, hopefully fixed that weird 825 font size issue that would happen for some folks (were you guys in a non-USA locale? May have been it).

Cheers!

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 00:04:34 EDT
Scree :
said by zooos :

is there a way to configure the utility to save logs to the hard drive every 1 hour for instance?
Right now, the longest time between logging is 60 seconds. I just may implement a longer timer interval range eventually, we'll see.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 23:55:33 EDT
Scree :
said by oraitecamonyes :

nvm! i find out the "F" button for changing the font properties, it had 825 size!!! LOL
Thanks for the note about that, the default should be 8.25 but it seems that gets read as 825 for some folks. Will tackle that now for sure. :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:08:40 EDT
CixDesign : Gezz, my memory is failing me. I read further back in the thread and seen that I did request such a feature and it got implemented..

Thanks

SD

said by CixDesign :

I was going to ask for just such a feature, thanks..

said by Scree :

Update 1.57.....

- Added a toggle to process only TCP, only UDP

I was going to ask about such a feature

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:04:58 EDT
anon : nvm! i find out the "F" button for changing the font properties, it had 825 size!!! LOL

congratulations on the app! i was gonna code one myself but now i dont need it anymore :D ;)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:01:20 EDT
anon : i tryed it with di-614 and i get giant fonts in the memo of your program!! :|
i ant even read anything...:S

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:09:00 EDT
zooos : Thanx Scree and keep up the good work, can't wait to see a FAQ soon.
I also have a question, may be a stupid one but, is there a way to configure the utility to save logs to the hard drive every 1 hour for instance?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:54:45 EDT
Scree : Well, wow, with 2384 lines to process, I suppose that would be the cause. I have found it's the text coloring routine that causes the high cpu when there are many entries. I will try to find a better way to be more cpu-friendly. :)

Also note that there may be a freeze when trying to determine network computer names, due to the api timeout that is not changeable (about 15-20 seconds) that occurs when a computer is no longer available but its IP is still in a router entry. I use a cache to avoid this but it clears every 5 minutes, so such a freeze may occur every 5 minutes for 2 or 3 times until the router drops the entry (or that computer comes back on the network).

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:24:50 EDT
zooos : First of all Thanx a million for the great utility.
Lately with all the upgrades, i guess it's getting larger and it freezes every now and then, eating up alot of CPU.
This is a screenshot with 2384 concurrent connections, could this be a problem and the cause of the freezing???

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:11:28 EDT
peter_m : Thanx for the explanation scree.:D

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:56:56 EDT
Scree :
said by peter_m :

but why does it change over time, even with the "do not adjust time" option selected? If it's not adjusting, is the router drifting?
You can see from the router's own log that its own boot time calculation drifts. For example, when you first boot the router, in the Status page log note the date and time of the first entry. If your log doesn't fill up too fast and remove entries, after a while you will see the date and time of the first entry is different. My guess for this drift is that the router's own up time is not quite on par with real time, that is as real time and the up time both progress forward, the router is either not progressing its up time accurately (or it just keeps lousey real time, dunno for sure -lol). Can visualize it this way:

At boot time, we start even as stay close for a while:
Router Up Time: 0, 1, 2, 3...etc
Real Time: 0, 1, 2, 3...etc

Now as we go longer, real time is of course real, so it's assumed constant and correct. Howerver, the router must be counting it's up time too fast, like:

Router Up Time: ...360, 361.0001, 362.0012, 363.0037...etc
Real Time: ...360, 361, 362, 363...etc

So the up time is drifting forward ahead of real time too much, and when I calculate the boot time by subtracting the up time from now (the real time), it will keep subtracting too much over time and therefore keep changing. To combat this, I determined the percentage of drift of my router over a day, and subtract that much extra of the current up time from now, and it works well for my router. But because different routers probably drift differently, I am adding a configurable percentage setting so one can determine their own to use for an accurate result.

[Please note I may have it reversed, that is the router may not be adding to its up time enough over time, rather than adding too much up time. But you get the idea.:)]

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:18:19 EDT
CixDesign : I was going to ask for just such a feature, thanks..

said by Scree :

Update 1.57.....

- Added a toggle to process only TCP, only UDP

I was going to ask about such a feature

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:28:55 EDT
peter_m : but why does it change over time, even with the "do not adjust time" option selected? If it's not adjusting, is the router drifting?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 01:42:33 EDT
Scree : I feared that the compensation percentage for the Boot time may not be the same for each router model, or could even just vary among same models anyway.

The value I use now makes the boot time for my router stay within 2 seconds back from the actual boot time (e.g., my current boot time is 7:01:12 PM, and it will show :10 or :11 from time to time but no further, over the course of 10 days now).

So, if it's not staying stable for your model, I suppose the best thing to do will be to make a setting for an adjustable percentage value for the drift compensation.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 01:25:51 EDT
peter_m : Scree my friend, I noticed something weird about the Boot time showing in the network monitor ver 1.57.

As time passes by, the time showing changes. If "do not adjust time" option is selected, the boot time goes later and later over time. If I uncheck it, it goes backwards over time, but always from the original time showed at the actual boot time. Here are the Variations I measured:

Time, Var Checked, Var Unchecked
0min, +00sec, -00sec
1min, +05sec, -02sec
2min, +09sec, -04sec
3min, +14sec, -07sec
4min, +18sec, -08sec
5min, +23sec, -10sec

Keep in mind that it took about 30 seconds for me to open settings, uncheck the option and press ok. So in fact measures for the Unchecked column are measured 30 seconds later then the Checked column. Hope it all helps.

Peter

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 01:01:17 EDT
Scree : Update 1.58....

- Found the cause of the problem above about overflow, was introduced when extended the update interval to 60 (and would happen when set to 60). [Thanks saison]

- Added more informative expanded tooltips.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:33:30 EDT
saison : I don't know why, but since 1.5.5 version, when I choose Pause and after disable the pause a receive an error message and application close itself.

Here is the error message
Run-time error '6'
Overflow

With only one OK button, and application exit.

I do not have change any settings, only configure application to run fine with my router.

Any idea?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 06:56:14 EDT
KadOff : Works fine. Thank you.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 06:49:37 EDT
Scree : Update 1.57.....

- Added a toggle to process only TCP, only UDP, only ICMP, or all connections (it's next to the Age checkbox). The lines are actually removed right after getting the list from the router but the Total Entries will not be affected because I like that to always show the real number the router has going on.

- Added a setting to not correct the router time data. I added this in case newer models do not exibit the bad time drift etc behavior, or if want to correct the up time but still (nearly)match the boot time to the router's bad log time.

- The fixed boot time calculation should be a bit more accurate. I tested by rebooting my router and noting the actual time the boot should be, and calculated the percentage drift over a day -- the boot time has been quite stable now.

- Hopefully good for large fonts now. Also fixed a minor highlighting issue, a couple tooltip issues, and a couple other things.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 03:14:37 EDT
Scree :
said by CixDesign :

Love the utility, thanks for writing it. Is their a option to filter out UDP packets??
Quite welcome. I'll consider a setting to show normal, only TCP, or only UDP easily, but for now you can just put TCP in the highlight field and turn on Show Only Found to see just them (can also log just found lines while still showing all).

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:47:34 EDT
CixDesign : Love the utility, thanks for writing it. Is their a option to filter out UDP packets??

SD

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 12 Nov 2005 13:44:26 EDT
Scree : ugh.. ok, will fix it up again. Thanks for the shot.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 12 Nov 2005 02:03:25 EDT
KadOff : Here is one more screenshot regarding Large Fonts and DRM 1.55 Settings window.

»img482.imageshack.us/img482/1582···52qa.jpg

Thank you.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:34:04 EDT
saison : :oYou are great!!!!:o Thanks for your improvement, and to take care about people advise.

Thanks a lot.

Nota: You could think to sale your app to D-Link??
:D

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:43:32 EDT
Scree : Update 1.55...

- Router's boot time is now shown with the up time. In implementing this, I found an interesting quirk (at least for my DI-604 E1; I hope it's same for DI-624's etc. too). The up time reported in natlist.txt is roughly 10% below what it should be. So I compensate for that and the up time should pretty much match the duration shown in XP's Internet Connection Status dialog (if have UPnP enabled) now. Also, in calculating the boot time, there was a substantial drift over time (which by the way also happens in the router's own log!). So I compensate for that as well and the boot time should stay fairly constant (+/- few seconds while watching it). Hopefully these calculations will be accurate enough!

- Time remaining to clearing the DNS cache is now shown.

- (Damn) Bug fixed when a bad address was specified for the router or dns, which was causing a busy flag to never get cleared making unable to close the settings dialog or exit the app.

- The router address can now be domain text, before was limited to entering only IPs in the settings dialog.

- If use Windows setting for the DNS lookup method, can now select which to use if have multiple.

- More router useful info saved to log.

- Small adjustments to settings dialog for large fonts (but no promises - get a bigger monitor and don't use em! hehe:D).

- Some other tweaks.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:36:31 EDT
saison :
said by Scree :

So you just mean subtract the up time from the current time to show the approximate date/time the router started its up time, right? I can work that in quick. :) Thanks

Yes exactly, if it is possible.

Thanks

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 06:48:16 EDT
Scree :
said by KadOff :

There is some issues using Large Font (120DPI) feature and DRCM 1.5.3 Settings screen.
Ah, good ol' havoc-causing large fonts. :) I'll fix it up. Thanks

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 06:27:54 EDT
KadOff : There is some issues using Large Font (120DPI) feature and DRCM 1.5.3 Settings screen.

Here is screenshot:

»img483.imageshack.us/img483/6236/drcm5rn.jpg

Thank you.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 05:50:20 EDT
Scree :
said by Freuk :

Just a little bug in the settings dialog box the text field for the IP address is too short
in case of a true DNS name ( DynDNS ) for access to the router from Outside Internet
it works in the .ini file , but after it's impossible to close the settings dialog box
About the trouble closing the settings dialog, I did find a bug I corrected already for the next version that was causing that condition (when the IP Address is "bad" causing an error with http or dns, the error condition caused a busy flag to never get cleared). So that is fixed...
As for the IP Address itself, that has been designed for a number IP address only, not a text domain name. But thanks for the note, it would be nice to support names for it so I'll see what I can do.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 05:44:04 EDT
Scree :
said by saison :

Is it possible to add the WAKE UP TIME? because even if it's not difficult to calculate, it could be helpful for whose router reboot often to see quickly and exactly when router reboot, and not calculate.

It could be something like that:
Wake Up Time: 01/12/2005 08:03
Up Time: 1 day 06:30:01
Sure, that could be handy. So you just mean subtract the up time from the current time to show the approximate date/time the router started its up time, right? I can work that in quick. :) Thanks

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:47:11 EDT
anon : Just a little bug in the settings dialog box
the text field for the IP address is too short
in case of a true DNS name ( DynDNS )
for access to the router from Outside Internet

it works in the .ini file , but after it's impossible to close the settings dialog box

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:35:43 EDT
saison : Just a little improvement, not a big deal but may help:

Is it possible to add the WAKE UP TIME? because even if it's not difficult to calculate, it could be helpful for whose router reboot often to see quickly and exactly when router reboot, and not calculate.

It could be something like that:
Wake Up Time: 01/12/2005 08:03
Up Time: 1 day 06:30:01
..........

Again, just a little suggestion because the application is great.

Hope you will find this interesting.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 16:51:46 EDT
Scree : Update 1.53 includes some new extras and display tweakages:

- A Save button for saving the current display text as rtf or txt.
- A "Total Entries" line for all models!
- Plus/minus from previous total entries shown.
- Plus/minus from previous dns cache % instead of just showing last %.
- Right-click for 'Resolve Remote IPs' also hides the extra dns cache info, and compacts the resolves and cache hits lines.
- Remote IPs found now shown when 'Resolve Remote IPs' off as part of the other useful info.
- Tray icon tooltip now shows router up time, total entries, and remote IPs count. (The headings are abbreviated to fit the data in the 64 char limit)
- Tray icon now responds to up-click instead of down-click (avoids trouble with nearby tray icons on restore, e.g.).
- A few rare potential troubles caught.

Cheers. :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 16:39:28 EDT
Scree : Well I always hoped to write up some help, just been lazy because it's a utility that's geared toward people who already know a bit about their D-Link router. Guess a quick FAQ would be nice though. :) In the mean time, a new revision....

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 17:24:53 EDT
funchords : All,

I've lost track of the progress of the Utility. If someone wants to write a FAQ entry about its capabilities and how to obtain the latest version (e.g. point to this thread and tell them to check the last few pages of replies) ... I'll be glad to post it.

Take care to write it nicely and proofread it, as it will be read by a large audience (our top 3 FAQ entries get 300, 170, and 140 hits per week).

Post it in here and I'll put it in the FAQ (otherwise I'll get multiple submissions from different parties).
--
Robb Topolski ;) http://www.funchords.com/ :D Hillsboro, Oregon USA
... How much spam would a spam clan spam if the CAN-SPAM could can spam? ...

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 16:51:43 EDT
anon : AWESOME
Thanks for for the system tray option. Any feature you add from here on is just icing on the cake for me. Great work man.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 15:12:48 EDT
Scree :
said by Randomuser728455262 :

:)Nice, keep up the good work. Would be awesome if you could change which file it actually reads... that would future proof it, and allow you to check other routers which use a different filename. :)
Good idea, I do use a secret way now to test from a file on disk, so maybe I'll expose it later.
said by Randomuser728455262 :

:uhh: Are there any other logging files available from the router that show interesting info like NATLIST.txt?
As far as I know, the 624 has LOGFILE.TXT, but my 604 doesn't. Don't know of any others.

Thanks for the comments. :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:08:39 EDT
anon : :)

Nice, keep up the good work. Would be awesome if you could change which file it actually reads... that would future proof it, and allow you to check other routers which use a different filename. :)

:uhh: Are there any other logging files available from the router that show interesting info like NATLIST.txt?

once again, thanks for a cool utility ;)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:40:06 EDT
taytong888 : Hi,

Does this utility program work for DI-524 Rev. A1, FW 1.11?

:)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 05 Nov 2005 21:52:07 EDT
randalla : Many thanks, again. This is a great utility.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 05 Nov 2005 21:02:17 EDT
Scree : Update 1.52 with tray icon support. Also fixed a couple very minor issues, and changed the dns cache 'efficiency' to 'on average' (same calculation, was just using a fancier name for running average before -hehe).

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:02:15 EDT
Scree :
said by Greywulf99 :

Great program, I'd like to see an option for it to be minimized to the systray though. I'll keep checking any new versions :)
OK OK, youz all twisted my arm! hehe Will be next.....

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:00:48 EDT
Scree :
said by Freuk :

but what is the UDP port opened by the utility for ?
the port varies on each launch 4701, 4775, 4792 etc..

When the "Resolve Remote IPs" setting is used, the DNS client library opens such a port in order to receive the resolve responses on.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:40:08 EDT
anon : Works well for DI-624+ ( Rev B 2.08 )

but what is the UDP port opened by the utility for ?
the port varies on each launch 4701, 4775, 4792 etc..

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:52:02 EDT
Orazal5 : Never Mind again! I finally found it on the page above! Must be going Bananas!

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:41:45 EDT
Orazal5 : Ok Found the Link on the forum Page, but its version 1.40?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 10:58:45 EDT
Orazal5 : For the Life of me, where is the download link?

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:49:42 EDT
ozzy6900 : DI-624C and the utility works great - Thanks.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:15:12 EDT
anon : Great program, I'd like to see an option for it to be minimized to the systray though. I'll keep checking any new versions :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:32:55 EDT
sekim : di624a Everything Works! Thanks

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:13:21 EDT
Scree : Update 1.50 - Should now handle "other useful info" for the DI-624 A/B now (going by D-Link's firmware emulator online) - thanks sekim. Also fixed an obscure issue with the small display jump scrollbar, and added DNS cache stats to the info display.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 18:11:41 EDT
anon : GREAT JOB AND APPLICATION!!!

Now I have the Wan IP and DNS!!!

Thanks a lot!

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 17:50:09 EDT
Scree :
said by sekim :

fwiw , 1.49
press Settings, press Router SetUp
and di624a opens »192.168.0.2/st_log.html LogFiles.
I assume »192.168.0.2/st_devic.html Device Info should.
(Could not get other router info: Expected data not found)

Yeh, the Router Setup button is just a quick way to get to the router pages in the browser, I made it the log page by default just because I check that page most often.

Perhaps the DI-624 "a" has yet another difference with the device info page. I'll check out the emulator at dlink's support site and post another update if necessary.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:12:01 EDT
sekim : fwiw , 1.49
press Settings, press Router SetUp
and di624a opens »192.168.0.2/st_log.html LogFiles.
I assume »192.168.0.2/st_devic.html Device Info should.

(Could not get other router info: Expected data not found)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:31:31 EDT
randalla : Other useful info works now. Thank you for your work.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:00:23 EDT
Jellen : Thanks! 1.49 Works perfect for me now!

Keep up the nice work!!
--
visit my blogsite at: »jellen.blogspot.com

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:02:25 EDT
peter_m : Scree, you're my hero! Works nicely. Thanx

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:44:18 EDT
Scree : Update 1.49 - Should now handle the Device Info page from the DI-624 properly for "other useful info" (if not, please e-mail me the source of that page and I'll try one last time. lol) Also, caught a little buggy when turning off the Log setting (occassional error message but no harm).

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 19:51:21 EDT
peter_m : Scree, pleaase dont screem, but:

Router Up Time: 7:56:59
(Could not get other router info: Expected data not found)
Total Entries = 17

1.48 still returns the same thing for me. Is there any other pages that it depend on? Maybe Dlink renamed them as well?

Many thanx for the quick response... now let's see if we cant get Microsoft to accelerate updates :-)

Peter

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:21:01 EDT
Scree : Update 1.48 with more improvements...

- Implemented a network computer name cache, to avoid the long delay when a computer goes off the network. This cache clears every 10 minutes.
- Changed clear DNS cache setting to add several times (including never clear).
- Hopefully fixed the "other useful info" feature (WAN IP and DNS) for those it didn't work for (D-Link "corrected" the page name in the DI-624 firmwares, I guess).
- Added setting to also log router useful information.
- Some other tweaks.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:50:18 EDT
anon : (Could not get other router info: Expected data not found)

Same as before for me too, I'm not lucky

:(

Hope you will find an issue.

DI-624 revC3, fw 2.71

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:32:38 EDT
Scree : Wow! Nope, not a typo, st_devic.html is actually the page name on my DI-604. So there's the error, its just a complete page not found on your model. I will implement a workaround in a few... :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 09:26:01 EDT
randalla : Nope, it doesn't work for me either. DI-624 C3 running 2.71b7 on an WinXP machine.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 06:38:58 EDT
peter_m : Thanx for the fast reply dude! User password is setup, no worries there. So here is the info requested:

st_devic.html returns nothing. Typo?
st_device.html returns:
[att=1]

Also sent you the source via the forum's email before I understood what you meant by settings page. So you have it in both mailboxes now. Many thanx

PS: I don have it anymore, but it didn't work with firmware 2.42 as well.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:33:41 EDT
Scree : Nothing extra needed, I just do my best to parse the data returned from the router's st_devic.html page (when the proper User password is set up and specified in the Settings). If I can get a copy of that page source from you, I'd be glad to see what's different so I can update my parsing. (can email me from the Settings dialog)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:59:11 EDT
peter_m : Great utility,
but the fix for the "other useful info" did not work for my Di-624 c3. Does it work for anyone with a Di-624 c3? I have WinXP, does it require any DLLs to be installed?

Thanx

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:00:59 EDT
Talon88 : :::

Thanks for your program.....!
Good Work....!

:::

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:14:20 EDT
Scree : Update 1.46 with some improvements...

- Implemented a DNS cache to greatly speed up the remote IP resolving. (Torrenters will appreciate most!)
- Added a setting to clear the DNS cache every 1 or 3 hours.
- Hopefully fixed the "other useful info" feature (WAN IP and DNS) for those it didn't work for.
- Added a find feature for the highlight text.
- Max update interval can now be 60 seconds.
- Some other tweaks and fixes.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 02:21:11 EDT
Scree : Update 1.45 with some improvements...

- Implemented a DNS cache to greatly speed up the remote IP resolving. (Torrenters will appreciate most!) :-)
- Added a setting to clear the DNS cache every 1 or 3 hours.
- Hopefully fixed the "other useful info" feature (WAN IP and DNS) for those it didn't work for.
- Added a find feature for the highlight text.
- Max update interval can now be 60 seconds.
- Some other tweaks.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:30:53 EDT
lupsa0 : Hi,

Could you move the url's for the pages into the ini file?
Or maybe post the source so others could contribute?

Thanks,
Steve

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:35:19 EDT
sysut1 : I just tried this version and it doesnt work with my 804HV or my 808HV.
Thanks

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:26:04 EDT
NewPjotr : I used this great software for my DI-624 and DI-774. However, my new DGL-4300 Gaming router doesn't seem to support this port 80 logging. Is there any way you can make it work? I can help to test if you need to.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 06 Aug 2005 22:41:59 EDT
Talon88 : :::

Cool......! Great tools.....!

:::

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 06 Aug 2005 19:54:54 EDT
sekim : fwiw
Here on di624a (prismGT) its not grabbing wan ip or dns

Router Up Time: 7:29:54
(Could not get other router info: Expected data not found)
8 of 12 remote IPs failed to resolve - 8 not found, 0 timed out, 0 errored.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 06 Aug 2005 12:57:27 EDT
Scree : Hey guys! It has been a while, but here's update 1.40...

- The main addition is a setting to display other useful info, being the router WAN IP and DNS addresses. The setting also controls the displaying of the remote IP resolving info.

- In order to get the info above, added a field to the Router Access settings for providing the router's "User" password. Please note that password cannot be blank in the router's settings, or else the app can't access the router for that page (seems not able to use a "blank" password is a limitation of the http library used).

- I HOPE this page is returned the same for various router models and firmware versions. If you get "error" displayed, it is because the page data is different than the DI-604 E1 3.51 data. I'll try to fix it if anyone runs into trouble.

- Couple other minor things added, changed, or fixed up.

Enjoy :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 07:58:03 EDT
sysut1 : Has anyone made this work for a 804HV or a 808HV or a 824VUP? How?
Thanks

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:44:39 EDT
anon : Look'n'Stop needs permission for the DLLs - now it works.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 17 Jul 2005 15:17:08 EDT
anon : Anyone using the utility with Look'n'Stop firewall?
Despite allowing the app, I get:

quote:
No data was returned from 192.168.0.1 on port 80.
Please make sure the Router address and port below are correct. If you are using a firewall, make sure it is configured to allow outbound access for this application.

It works fine without the firewall and did so with ZA free but I cannot figure out what to do under Look'n'Stop.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 04:40:44 EDT
funchords :
said by ErikX:

Hi, i just discovered the monitor utility, and i'm seeing some strange stuff. For some reason I have a ton of UDP packets going to 0.0.0.0 from my FreeBSD box. It seems constant. Any ideas on what this means?

It looks like this machine is port-scanning the internet. 0.0.0.0 is an alternate broadcast address to 255.255.255.255 -- Zero Broadcasts are a BSD thing. It could be that the Zero Broadcasts are being sent out the WAN -- which might or might not be a bug -- it's a bit beyond my knowledge.

said by MisterQ9 :

I am getting a similar thing - lots of UDP 0.0.0.0 entries - all seem to be coming from one machine inside my network (W2K laptop),, as opposed to netbsd box previous.
Registry Setting to fix Zero Broadcasts
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Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 03:40:05 EDT
MisterQ9 : :(:mad:

I am getting a similar thing - lots of UDP 0.0.0.0 entries - all seem to be coming from one machine inside my network (W2K laptop),, as opposed to netbsd box previous.

I also find that I am not getting DNS Lookups for a lot of systems - (Timed Out message instead - is there a way of "boosting" this...

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 15:20:05 EDT
greyhound433 : This doesn't answer your question, however, on linux, I get this info by running the command:

wget 192.168.0.1/st_devic.html -q -O - --http-user=admin --http-passwd=xxxxxxx | grep X.Y.

where xxxxx= my admin password, and X.Y is the first two parts of my WAN IP address (which are always the same from my ISP).

I actually run this inside a perl program that automatically runs every 5 minutes and notes any changes.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 06 Jun 2005 14:23:38 EDT
anon : Hey guys...

Quick question about what the Connection Monitor might see that you could use to identify the changing of your Dynamic IP address.

In other words, if you were to use the highlight features of the monitor to "catch" the change of your IP by your ISP either due to them flushing you and recirculating numbers or the unexpected downing and recovery of your DSL line what would that traffic look like? What identifying features, addresses, packet types, etc might you look for?

I realize there are other ways to confirm that your address has indeed changed and what the new one is. I'm just wondering if the traffic doing this makes it through the router in Monitorable packets or if it's happening between the ISP-the dsl modem-and your router on a whole diferent level of communication (DNS, DHCP, etc.)and appearing in a totally different format.

Thanks in advance.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 28 May 2005 22:08:47 EDT
TouringComet :
#!/usr/bin/perl

sub printtime
{
($time, $showday) = @_;

$days = int($time / 86400);
$remainder = $time % 86400;
$hours = int($remainder / 3600);
$remainder = $remainder % 3600;
$minutes = int($remainder / 60);
$seconds = $remainder % 60;

if ($showday)
{
printf "%d Days, ", $days;
}

printf "%02d:%02d:%02d", $hours, $minutes, $seconds;

if (! $showday)
{
print " ago";
}

print "\n";
}

open(NAT,"curl -s 192.168.0.1/natlist.txt|");

$line = ;
chomp($line);
$routertime = substr($line, 12);
print "Uptime: ";
printtime($routertime, 1);

$line = ;
chomp($line);
$numentries = substr($line, 17);

while ($numentries--)
{
$line = ;
chomp($line);

($skip, $rest) = split /\)/, $line;

($skip, $type, $ipaddr1, $arrow, $ipaddr2, $outport, $lastuse) = split / /, $rest;

($ip1, $port1) = split /:/, $ipaddr1;
($ip2, $port2) = split /:/, $ipaddr2;
chop($port2);

($ip1a, $ip1b, $ip1c, $ip1d) = split /\./, $ip1;
($ip2a, $ip2b, $ip2c, $ip2d) = split /\./, $ip2;

($skip, $entrytime) = split /:/, $lastuse;

printf "$type %3d.%3d.%3d.%3d:%5d $arrow %3d.%3d.%3d.%3d:%5d ",
$ip1a, $ip1b, $ip1c, $ip1d, $port1, $ip2a, $ip2b, $ip2c, $ip2d, $port2;
printtime($routertime - $entrytime, 0);
}

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 28 May 2005 20:25:36 EDT
pelox : Can you share this perl script? :) ... And how do you convert the "curr time: X" in that format?, maybe is very simple, but i didnt see it...

Thanks!

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 28 May 2005 08:31:40 EDT
anon : This program is GPL? Maybe someone can port this to linux :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 24 May 2005 02:19:07 EDT
anon : Hi, i just discovered the monitor utility, and i'm seeing some strange stuff. For some reason I have a ton of UDP packets going to 0.0.0.0 from my FreeBSD box. It seems constant. Any ideas on what this means?

192.168.0.102:2299, out_port:60781, last_use:1786 35) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4278, out_port:60780, last_use:1786 36) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2068, out_port:60779, last_use:1785 37) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4534, out_port:60778, last_use:1784 38) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1482, out_port:60777, last_use:1784 39) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4202, out_port:60776, last_use:1783 40) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2907, out_port:60775, last_use:1783 41) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2620, out_port:60774, last_use:1782 42) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4569, out_port:60773, last_use:1782 43) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3970, out_port:60772, last_use:1781 44) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1386, out_port:60771, last_use:1781 45) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2266, out_port:60770, last_use:1780 46) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4758, out_port:60769, last_use:1780 47) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1663, out_port:60768, last_use:1779 48) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1468, out_port:60767, last_use:1779 49) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2432, out_port:60766, last_use:1778 50) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2076, out_port:60765, last_use:1778 51) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4136, out_port:60764, last_use:1776 52) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2358, out_port:60763, last_use:1776 53) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4636, out_port:60762, last_use:1775 54) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2167, out_port:60761, last_use:1775 55) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2704, out_port:60760, last_use:1774 56) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.100:1913, out_port:60759, last_use:1834 57) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4436, out_port:60758, last_use:1772 58) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2476, out_port:60757, last_use:1772 59) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2841, out_port:60756, last_use:1771 60) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3920, out_port:60755, last_use:1771 61) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1194, out_port:60754, last_use:1770 62) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3181, out_port:60753, last_use:1770 63) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3971, out_port:60752, last_use:1769 64) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2903, out_port:60751, last_use:1769 65) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4191, out_port:60750, last_use:1767 66) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3393, out_port:60749, last_use:1767 67) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2784, out_port:60748, last_use:1766 68) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2615, out_port:60747, last_use:1766 69) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4138, out_port:60746, last_use:1764 70) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1843, out_port:60745, last_use:1764 71) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4368, out_port:60744, last_use:1762 72) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4948, out_port:60743, last_use:1762 73) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3095, out_port:60742, last_use:1761 74) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1901, out_port:60741, last_use:1761 75) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2410, out_port:60740, last_use:1761 76) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1174, out_port:60739, last_use:1761 77) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3348, out_port:60738, last_use:1759 78) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1969, out_port:60737, last_use:1759 79) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3990, out_port:60736, last_use:1759 80) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4566, out_port:60735, last_use:1759 81) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1890, out_port:60734, last_use:1757 82) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1708, out_port:60733, last_use:1757 83) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3092, out_port:60732, last_use:1757 84) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2415, out_port:60731, last_use:1757 85) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2352, out_port:60730, last_use:1756 86) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1299, out_port:60729, last_use:1756 87) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4821, out_port:60728, last_use:1756 88) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2523, out_port:60727, last_use:1756 89) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3385, out_port:60726, last_use:1754 90) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2675, out_port:60725, last_use:1754 91) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2334, out_port:60724, last_use:1754 92) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2584, out_port:60723, last_use:1754 93) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4672, out_port:60722, last_use:1751 94) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4970, out_port:60721, last_use:1751 95) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4653, out_port:60720, last_use:1751 96) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1400, out_port:60719, last_use:1751 97) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4726, out_port:60718, last_use:1750 98) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1155, out_port:60717, last_use:1750 99) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2148, out_port:60716, last_use:1750 100) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1289, out_port:60715, last_use:1750 101) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2687, out_port:60714, last_use:1747 102) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3357, out_port:60713, last_use:1747 103) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2133, out_port:60712, last_use:1747 104) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:2989, out_port:60711, last_use:1747 105) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:1891, out_port:60710, last_use:1744 106) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4788, out_port:60709, last_use:1744 107) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4150, out_port:60708, last_use:1744 108) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4181, out_port:60707, last_use:1744 109) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3724, out_port:60706, last_use:1741 110) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3270, out_port:60705, last_use:1741 111) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3706, out_port:60704, last_use:1741 112) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3542, out_port:60703, last_use:1741 113) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:3028, out_port:60599, last_use:1785 114) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.102:4302, out_port:60581, last_use:1774 115) UDP 0.0.0.0:0 192.168.0.100:1880, out_port:60442, last_use:1771

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 22 May 2005 17:58:56 EDT
Scree : Wow, now that's something I've never seen before! LOL It uses a standard font by default that all Windows systems should have, so I have no idea what could have happened there. Glad you fixed it though. :)

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 22 May 2005 16:15:26 EDT
Jellen : lol thats the solution!!

Thanks a lot!

font was on 823.

weird its standard like that on 4 computers that I have tested so far.

anyway thanks, Greetings, Jellen
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Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 22 May 2005 12:09:41 EDT
tquade : Try changing the font size within monitor.exe. It looks like you have a huge font and what is displayed is part of the blue R in Router Up Time (first displayed line). Default font is Verdana Regular 8. Perhaps the font is corrupted.

Good luck!

Ted

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 22 May 2005 12:04:24 EDT
Jellen : Nope, still get the same screen.

Weird thing, doesn't work on 3 pcs on two different networks

Greetings, Jellen

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 22 May 2005 11:39:40 EDT
tquade : Just a wild shot but delete the monitor.ini file in the router connection monitor folder. It will be re-built when monitor.exe is run. I had a similar situation and this fixed it.

Ted

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 22 May 2005 05:41:56 EDT
Jellen : Hi, I open the exe and this is all I get.(see screenshot)

what do I need to do next?

Kind regards, Jellen
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d-link util

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 22 May 2005 03:00:20 EDT
Scree :
said by Jellen :

...how do you get this util to show yoru connections?
Cant get it to work.
Hi. Assuming you have at least run the .exe file (which is the executable application file of the files extracted from the downloaded .zip file), do you mean you get an error displayed in the window? Once the app is actually running, you should see helpful information text display in the window about what to do next.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 17 May 2005 13:56:42 EDT
Jellen : and I may sound even stupider but how do you get this util to show yoru connections?

Cant get it to work.

Thanks
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Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 17 May 2005 12:47:21 EDT
TouringComet : On the main page for this forum, up near the top, there is a series of links. Look for the one that says DLink Connection Monitor Utility.

Re: [Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 17 May 2005 12:35:11 EDT
csaites : Call me stupid but where and how do I download this util.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 15 May 2005 09:59:24 EDT
Talon88 : :::

Actually, Can the Mod. Change the Subject of this
thread to

[Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility
& List the Working Model...??

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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 15 May 2005 09:15:24 EDT
antdude :
said by Bwuutje :

When you are awake, look again in this thread. Its there. Really.

Bwuutje.

Oooh, I see it now: »[Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility (dang short reply). Thanks. :)
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 15 May 2005 09:12:08 EDT
Bwuutje : When you are awake, look again in this thread. Its there. Really.

Bwuutje.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 15 May 2005 08:16:55 EDT
antdude :
said by Scree :

Hi folks, I made this little utility for monitoring the NATLIST.TXT "feature" of the D-Link DI-604 router. :) I created it because I could not find something similar that would allow me to know when certain computers on the network were accessing the internet. I would like to offer it to anyone who may find it useful. :D

Note there will be few seconds delay for each unique IP that cannot be resolved when the "Resolve Remote IPs" setting is used.

Cheers!

I must be very tired (5 AM), but where the heck is the download link for this program so I can use it on the DI-624 model? I do not see it in this super long thread.

Thank you in advance. :)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 10 May 2005 22:09:49 EDT
dl0711 : NO LINK in the ---[ DOWNLOAD HERE ]--- can you make the link look like this ( »www.webaddress.com ) thanks.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 10 May 2005 12:57:05 EDT
ubercam : Just to let everyone know, if you have incorrectly configured proxy settings for Internet Explorer, regardless of whatever browser you're using (eg. Firefox, Opera, Netscape), this utility will not pull a page.

If you are using a proxy, tell IE to exclude all addresses on your internal network (eg. 192.168.0.0/24 or whatever you add to the box, I have no idea), or you won't see a thing. This happened to me, so I got rid of my proxy settings altogether and it worked fine.

Cam
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 04 May 2005 21:49:51 EDT
anon : I'm unclear about your question about the DNS Server?

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 04 May 2005 21:38:53 EDT
Talon88 : :::

UDP ns1.attbi.com:53

is you router/Computer call DNS Server to
have your typed URL/domain resolve to IP address.

Normal....!

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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 04 May 2005 21:22:39 EDT
anon : Great utility. My question is since I'm new to routers is there a good source to explain the activity one is seeing on the log. I understand the entries generated when I access sites but what are the other entries. For example I get alot of entries of the form

1) UDP ns1.attbi.com:53 192.168.0.101:1028 - 63296, Age 1:00
2) UDP ns6.attbi.com:53 192.168.0.101:1028 - 63272, Age 1:04
3) UDP ns6.attbi.com:53 192.168.0.101:2540 - 63261, Age 0:08
4) UDP ns1.attbi.com:53 192.168.0.101:2540 - 63260, Age 0:08

What is happing here?

Thanks

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:37:56 EDT
wxboss : This is a great app. Just updated from 1.21 to 1.30. Keep up the good work!

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:54:11 EDT
mjf : Link updated in forum header!

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:40:31 EDT
Talon88 : :::

Cool, Getting better & better....!

:::

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:17:26 EDT
Scree : Update 1.30 is here! :)

- Moved router settings to the Settings dialog.
- Added buttons for opening log folder and going to D-Link forum here.
- Changed log setting to be able to easily toggle between logging found and all lines by right-clicking the setting.
- Can now specify a folder to saves the logs.
- Added setting to startup minimized.
- Added setting to restore window when highlight (does not force focus).
- Mouse pointer changes to an up-arrow over settings that can be right-clicked (see their tooltips).

Enjoy! :D

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 06 Apr 2005 15:23:13 EDT
Talon88 : :::

Support, Great Work.....!

:::

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:22:43 EDT
Scree : Here's update 1.21...

- The Resolve Remote IPs method is handled differently to avoid "network errors" much better now.

- Can right-click the Resolve Remote IPs setting to hide the failure reasons.

- The method used to get the intial data from the router is also now handled differently to help avoid timeouts. It will retry 3 times with a timeout of 4 sec each, which should avoid wasting a cycle from now on.

- Logging stopped entry wasn't saved when exited app with logging on.

- Some minor tweaks/fixes here and there for better operation/presentation.

:)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 02 Apr 2005 16:35:37 EDT
Scree : Here's update 1.20...

- last_use display changed to connection age (meaning the time since its last access). (btw I've found that the router's max connection linger time is 15 minutes).

- out_port display changed to just show the port now (saves line space).

- Can right-click the Truncate Ends setting to hide only the out ports.

- Added "Age" setting to hide entries older than the update interval (meaning shows only connections whose age is within the last sweep time, as in new) - very handy for logging to keep it smaller. Also, can right-click the setting to hide entries newer than 10:00 (meaning shows only connections whose age is older than 10 minutes).

- Can right-click the beep setting to beep only when the first item is found (when specify multiples with ; char).

- Can right-click the space around colons setting to make it affect only the port colons.

- Colons spacing now saved in the log too.

- Time logging started and stopped saved in the log now.

- Can now add/remove custom entries to/from the Highlight list using F11/F12.

- Various other tweaks throughout.....

Enjoy :D

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:56:01 EDT
Scree : Thanks for the suggestion, that is actually the next 'big' thing I'm going to do in the app after the next rev (I just added ability to add custom entries to the highlight dropdown, will post soon). :)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 04:19:51 EDT
TouringComet : Love the program, thanks a lot for providing it.

Here is a suggestion on what to do with the last_use timestamps: Take the difference between the last_use and curr time (router up time). Convert this 'time delta' into hours, minutes and seconds (or just minutes and seconds). That will give you an 'age' for the NAT entry. Here is some sample output from a perl script I wrote that I run from a Mac OS X shell prompt:

Uptime: 3 Days, 16:11:28
UDP 66. 51.206.100: 53 <-> 192.168. 0. 5: 1201 00:00:15 ago
UDP 164. 67. 62.194: 123 <-> 192.168. 0. 1: 1554 00:00:24 ago
UDP 164. 67. 62.194: 123 <-> 192.168. 0. 1: 1553 00:00:24 ago
UDP 66. 51.205.100: 53 <-> 192.168. 0. 1: 1552 00:00:24 ago
UDP 66. 51.205.100: 53 <-> 192.168. 0. 5: 1198 00:00:33 ago
UDP 66. 51.205.100: 53 <-> 192.168. 0. 5: 1195 00:00:51 ago
UDP 66. 51.205.100: 53 <-> 192.168. 0. 5: 1192 00:01:09 ago
UDP 66. 51.205.100: 53 <-> 192.168. 0. 5: 1189 00:01:28 ago
UDP 66. 51.205.100: 53 <-> 192.168. 0. 5: 1186 00:01:46 ago
UDP 66. 51.205.100: 53 <-> 192.168. 0. 5: 1183 00:02:04 ago
UDP 66. 51.205.100: 53 <-> 192.168. 0. 5: 1180 00:02:23 ago
UDP 66. 51.206.100: 53 <-> 192.168. 0. 5: 1179 00:02:27 ago
UDP 66. 51.205.100: 53 <-> 192.168. 0. 5: 1176 00:02:45 ago

It is interesting to see how long various types of entries last.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:52:59 EDT
silver981 : Very nice tool. Thank you Scree.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 07:17:06 EDT
Talon88 : :::

Good....!

:) :D :o ;) :p :uhh:

:::

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:16:28 EDT
Scree : Here's update 1.10! Quite a few changes this time...

- Added a setting to double-space the text display(next to word-wrap).
- Added a setting to use a custom beep sound.
- Added a setting to lookup the network computer names.
- Added an actual setting to log all lines, which makes logging independent of the highlighting.
- Added the ability to highlight multiple items (seperate with ; in the Highlight field).
- Added two additional highlight color settings for above.
- Lines are now numbered for show only found and logging.
- When logging, any errors that occur will always be logged now.
- Router access timeout set at 10 seconds now (should always be good unless you're killing your router -lol).
- Highlight field now resizes out to increased window width.
- Other quirkies fixed, other things slightly changed I'm forgetting right now. :)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 UTILITIES PERIOD !

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:28:49 EDT
anon : Scree et. al.

This is off topic but you've been working on great things to expand the functionality (information flow from) the DI-604 so I thought I'd bring to your attention another Topic I just started.

»[Rant] DI-604 Log Emails - SW Wish List - simple&logical

There might even be a back door way to achieve this per what you've done with the Connection Monitor. But that requires me to be running my computer connected to the router all the time...whereas some of what I would like to get (as mentioned in the post above) would be great to get "on the road".

(In particular an email indicating that my Dynamic IP address changed and is now XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX. Of course if we could just get the logs sent automatically on a time schedule, or upon an event trigger, then the IP address notification comes along for the ride and wouldn't have to be a separate feature.)

Anyway, read the post and feel free to comment over there as your interest motivates.

Thanks

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:27:18 EDT
Talon88 : :::

Sorry, Just see this Thread.
I am using DI-624-C3, it have NATLIST.TXT.
Can I also use this Utility..?

Thanks...!

Edit:
Sorry, Stupid me. I think it's support after
some reading...... Great work...!

:::

[=Talon88=]
»DI-624 Firmware update w/ Crash Recovery Step by S
»[Info] Some Clue about DI-624 Reboot

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:53:40 EDT
Statman : It was the firewall. Tks for reminding me, Scree! Now to figure out what it is telling me.

Cheers,

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:08:05 EDT
Scree :
said by Statman :

No data was returned from 192.168.0.1 on port 80.
Please make sure the Router address and port below are correct.
Error 12029: The attempt to connect to the server failed.
Well, the only possibility is either you are using an unsupported model of the DI-604 (the D1 is known not to have the NATLIST.TXT feature, for example), or else the firmware you have is too old (fails to connect instead of reporting 'not found' for NATLIST.TXT). Or, maybe your firewall I see in your sig is preventing the app from contacting the router?

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:46:01 EDT
Statman : It says

===========================
No data was returned from 192.168.0.1 on port 80.

Please make sure the Router address and port below are correct.

Error 12029: The attempt to connect to the server failed.
===========================
?

Tks,
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:44:20 EDT
Scree :
said by Statman :

OK, got V1.08 but it says it can't find the router info
Set at 192.168.0.1 port 80 [default, I guess]. I know the IP is right but how do I find the port, or what ever is 'wrong?'
By "can't find the router info", do you mean the "no data was returned" message, or "the data returned was not what is expected" message? In the former's case, the address and/or port would definitely be wrong (or else your router is under such heavy stress that 1.08 is timing out too fast). In the latter's case, the address is not really your router's address but some other server. So, assuming the former, and that you mentioned you don't know how to find out the port, I would believe it is the default 80 since if you did change it you would remember how, right? :) Therefore I suggest trying 1.09 now to see if the increased timeout value takes care of the issue.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:34:24 EDT
Scree : Here's update 1.09... It fixes the timeout issue that was occrring with getting the router data (it was too low being 2 seconds; now it's 5 seconds - The reason I want to keep it low is so there is not such a delay trying to access a bad or mistyped address, for example). I also caught a few other quirkages, mainly with the colors. Some other changes are only minor functional things and expanded error messages.

Update 1.08 changes included:

- Customizable colors.
- A setting to hide the DNS (53) lines.
- A setting to use .1. in the Highlight presets.
- A "Log All Lines" drop-down choice when logging is on.
- No longer pauses when a error occurs with the router address (thanks to a better method of getting http data with a new support file).
- Can abort lengthy DNS resolving by clicking the resolves remaining indicator (when that is on).
- Invalid data from DNS resolving now handled properly.
- Some extra update interval buttons.
- Minor UI/info/error tweaks.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 18 Mar 2005 08:06:14 EDT
Statman : OK, got V1.08 but it says it can't find the router info

Set at 192.168.0.1 port 80 [default, I guess]. I know the IP is right but how do I find the port, or what ever is 'wrong?'
:(

Tks,
--
Statman-Win XP Pro;D-Link 604 Router;Sprint DSL;Outpost Pro Firewall;AVG & avast! Virus Protection;mailto: statman@softhome.net

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:01:52 EDT
Scree :
said by Dlinkertoo:

Just to repeat, there's nothing to be done other than deleting the old files after downloading the new...correct?
i.e. no uninstalls of previous .dll's or anything similar?

I will note that my 604+ does show timeouts with this latest 1.08 version. It might have been doing the same in prior versions but not I see the results. The utility sits with a blank screen for a bit until another cycle or so repopulates the stream of data.

Thanks for the comments. :)

Yep, you can just replace the same-named files fine. The app always re-regs them when run anyway, so there should be no problem there.

When doing a lot of downloading, I too sometimes note timeouts with the new method of getting the router data, so I have now increased the timeout value of the call which should avoid the problem (in previous versions, it was 20 seconds; in 1.08, it's 2 seconds). I'll have an update very soon.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:57:10 EDT
anon : Appreciate your continued work here. As we've said before, this would have been such a simple thing for D-Link to have incorporated to the benefit of it's user base. But I guess that's what sets the likes of Cisco apart from them. (Not to mention price)

So thanks so much for putting the effort into filling the gap.

Just to repeat, there's nothing to be done other than deleting the old files after downloading the new...correct?
i.e. no uninstalls of previous .dll's or anything similar?

I will note that my 604+ does show timeouts with this latest 1.08 version. It might have been doing the same in prior versions but not I see the results. The utility sits with a blank screen for a bit until another cycle or so repopulates the stream of data.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:48:19 EDT
mjf : The DLink Connection Monitor is now posted in the forum header. I will rely on Scree to inform me of new updates via IM to keep it updated.

Great utility!
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:16:51 EDT
Statman : Sorry, but all I see is

---[ DOWNLOAD HERE ]---

but no link, nothing?

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:29:36 EDT
jas0nuk : Yep, works great thanks.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:08:39 EDT
Scree : The downloaded zip should be 324 KB, I just tried it OK here. So unless it was a temporary broadbandreports.com server problem for you, I guess you just may need to empty your browser temp files to get a good download of it.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:57:37 EDT
jas0nuk : Hmm Windows reports the file as being corrupt. This is probably just my awful PC but I have downloaded it a few times and it still doesnt work. It saves as a 130kb file.. is this right?

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:33:54 EDT
Scree : Update 1.08 with customizable colors is here. :) Quite a few other improvements as well:

- A setting to hide the DNS (53) lines.
- A setting to use .1. in the Highlight presets.
- A "Log All Lines" drop-down choice when logging is on.
- No longer pauses when a error occurs with the router address (thanks to a better method of getting http data with a new support file).
- Can abort lengthy DNS resolving by clicking the resolves remaining indicator (when that is on).
- Invalid data from DNS resolving now handled properly.
- Some extra update interval buttons.
- Minor UI/info/error tweaks.

Cheers!:D

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:34:06 EDT
ghpicard : It's working great with DI-524 Rev A, F/W 1.05 too !
Thanks !!!

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 13 Mar 2005 22:04:39 EDT
otacon : Great utility....thanks

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 13 Mar 2005 12:20:42 EDT
Scree :
said by Statman :

New here, where is the download?

Hiya.. The download is a few messages up in this thread. You want the "D-Link Router Connection Monitor 1.07 download" zip file.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:01:56 EDT
PapaDos : Got it, it seems to work OK now.
Thank you very much !
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Festina Lente

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:15:01 EDT
neolink1 : Will this work with the DGL 4300?

Thanks

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:47:02 EDT
Statman : New here, where is the download?

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 06 Mar 2005 23:50:12 EDT
Scree : If the log file is empty, then the text you specified in the Highlight field is not being found. The logging feature only logs lines that contain found (highlighted) text that exactly matches (meaning case-sensitive) -- logging does not just save all. But if you do want it to log everything, just place a . in the highlight field (for example).

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 06 Mar 2005 20:04:39 EDT
PapaDos : No more error, but the file is still empty...
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Festina Lente

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 06 Mar 2005 16:08:26 EDT
funchords :
said by Scree :

I figured in the app it would be best to just use the router for the dns server directly, which will always work even if you don't use the router as the dns server setting on your system, right? Anyway, I guess I can enhance the dns server options next.

Thanks for the update! I'll try it soon!

To answer the above question, some routers have an option in Tools / Misc? or on Home / LAN to turn on/off the DNS relay function.

After turning mine off, all my Connection Monitor DNS queries would time out.

I'll try the new version soon and I'm sure that will clear it up.
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http://www.funchords.com/
Hillsboro, Oregon USA

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 06 Mar 2005 03:59:30 EDT
Scree :
said by PapaDos :

The file is always empty.
If I try to view it (V button) I get this message in a dialog:
Could not open the log file due to a shell error

Please try this update as a test. I tweaked the ShellExecute call that may have been trouble on 9x systems.
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:42:12 EDT
PapaDos : The file is always empty.
If I try to view it (V button) I get this message in a dialog:
Could not open the log file due to a shell error
--
Festina Lente

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:20:00 EDT
Scree :
said by PapaDos :

But, the logging feature is not working for me under windows 98SE.
Anyone else have tried it ?
Hmmm. Is there an error reported, or is the log file just empty? (Of course, you're already sure the text is indeed being found in the first place, right?)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:03:13 EDT
PapaDos : :) Thanks, it now works on port 8080 from the WAN side.

But, the logging feature is not working for me under windows 98SE.
Anyone else have tried it ?
--
Festina Lente

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:59:28 EDT
Scree : Here's update 1.07: Can now specify the port for the router address; can now specify the DNS lookup method to use for resolving the remote IPs (router address, Windows setting, or specified name server); minor interface changes; other improvements; more intro info.

Cheers! :D

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 04 Mar 2005 02:43:14 EDT
Scree : I figured in the app it would be best to just use the router for the dns server directly, which will always work even if you don't use the router as the dns server setting on your system, right? Anyway, I guess I can enhance the dns server options next.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:25:30 EDT
funchords :
said by tquade :

I think you can enable DNS relay but still explicitly set DNS at the client (just because DNS relay is enabled doesn't mean it has to be used).
I think you may be right -- but I remember a time back in the DI-614+ days where you'd put in your own preferred DNS and it would 'intercept' the query.

Since then, I've just avoided it.

Does anyone know for sure what the current state of affairs is? Does DNS Relay intercept your direct queries?
--
Robb Topolski
http://www.funchords.com/
Hillsboro, Oregon USA

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:46:47 EDT
tquade : I think you can enable DNS relay but still explicitly set DNS at the client (just because DNS relay is enabled doesn't mean it has to be used).

Ted

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 18:06:59 EDT
funchords :
said by Scree :

said by Dlinkertoo:

Just curious, where are you going to resolve those IP addresses?
Just the router itself. :) (Uses the router's address as the DNS server.)
Can you change it to use the system DNS server instead of going to the router? This broke for me because I do not have DNS Relay enabled.
--
Robb Topolski
http://www.funchords.com/
Hillsboro, Oregon USA

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:35:24 EDT
Scree :
said by funchords :

said by Dlinkertoo:

Thanks,

hey I have no doubt your code is with all good intentions...but is there any risk whatsoever with respect to any of these components?

Particularly from what it makes available in my system with respect to TCP manipulation from software.

I guess I'm showing my ignorance on Windows... as I understand a previous poster...all that's loaded is loaded when the program runs and there's no residual links or apps left resident for someone else to find a use for?

Good questions, all of them. Not speaking for Scree...

It is not intrusive, nor does it manipulate anything. It is simply pulling a status page, like any other status web page that it uses for configuration, from the router.

The libraries it uses are for display, dns translation, and accessing (not manipulating) the network.

Nothing is left resident. You can use "tasklist.exe" to verify this.

Thanks, explained it well. The libs used are simply the most efficient way I could find for what was said above: dns translation. Accessing the network (the router, actually) is done with direct API. Nothing is otherwise manipulated or left running, etc. However, the only minor point would be the dll's and ocx "self-register" on the system, that is simply put they are recorded in the Windows registry in order for them to be available to the system for use by the app. (And there is no harm in them remaining "registered" if you delete them later, but if really concerned about stuff like that, you could 'regsvr32 /u' them.) As suggested before, an installation program may be forthcoming..:)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:23:17 EDT
Scree :
said by Dlinkertoo:

Just curious, where are you going to resolve those IP addresses?
Just the router itself. :) (Uses the router's address as the DNS server.) Wherever the router goes to get its DNS lookups is of course whatever your config is set for (by the router itself or entering manually in the router settings).
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 05:49:19 EDT
anon : Would be neat to combine this router traffic interrogation with this utility...I haven't used it but it looks like it's relevant.

»support.microsoft.com/default.as···d=837243

This stuff for looking at the traffic comings & goings and application/port correlation needs to be unified, under one umbrella where analysis and appropriateness could be evaluated easier.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:02:44 EDT
funchords :
said by Dlinkertoo:

Just curious, where are you going to resolve those IP addresses?
:) -- just look using the utility. Port number is 53.
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Robb Topolski
http://www.funchords.com/
Hillsboro, Oregon USA

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:01:26 EDT
funchords :
said by Dlinkertoo:

Interesting... I had to run this in an account with Sys Priv first, then when I went back to the other account it no longer gave the error message previously discussed.
That's correct. An earlier version (2nd or 3rd release, the discussion will be earlier in this thread), required users to manually register the libraries. Now the code does it.

Once they are registered, you won't get that error message. You have to be running at Administrator level to register it.
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Robb Topolski
http://www.funchords.com/
Hillsboro, Oregon USA

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 22:18:40 EDT
anon : Just curious, where are you going to resolve those IP addresses?

Boy would I like to be able to build an "ignore list" for IPs I understand (and thus can ignore) the traffic with. It's "just" a real time sort he says... ;-)

I know I know, pretty soon you'll be writting the full blown D-Link monitoring feature which they left out of this 604!

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 22:02:23 EDT
anon : Interesting... I had to run this in an account with Sys Priv first, then when I went back to the other account it no longer gave the error message previously discussed.

Just unblocking in the non priv account didn't do the trick.

Nice piece of work.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:29:39 EDT
funchords :
said by Dlinkertoo:

Thanks,

hey I have no doubt your code is with all good intentions...but is there any risk whatsoever with respect to any of these components?

Particularly from what it makes available in my system with respect to TCP manipulation from software.

I guess I'm showing my ignorance on Windows... as I understand a previous poster...all that's loaded is loaded when the program runs and there's no residual links or apps left resident for someone else to find a use for?

Good questions, all of them. Not speaking for Scree...

It is not intrusive, nor does it manipulate anything. It is simply pulling a status page, like any other status web page that it uses for configuration, from the router.

The libraries it uses are for display, dns translation, and accessing (not manipulating) the network.

Nothing is left resident. You can use "tasklist.exe" to verify this.
--
Robb Topolski
http://www.funchords.com/
Hillsboro, Oregon USA

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:10:23 EDT
anon : Thanks,

hey I have no doubt your code is with all good intentions...but is there any risk whatsoever with respect to any of these components?

Particularly from what it makes available in my system with respect to TCP manipulation from software.

I guess I'm showing my ignorance on Windows... as I understand a previous poster...all that's loaded is loaded when the program runs and there's no residual links or apps left resident for someone else to find a use for?

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:51:26 EDT
Scree :
said by CLS :

The program doesn't work for me. I get this message all the time...
"The data returned was not what is expected from a supported D-Link router. Now paused"
I using the DI-604 router with rev. D1 and firmware 3.09
Please help
The app is designed for later firmware revs of the E1 class. Please message me your natlist.txt file for review which you can copy from your web browser, and I'll see if adding support is viable.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:47:48 EDT
Scree :
said by PapaDos :

The NATLIST page is accessible from any port defined as the WAN admin port.
But the application is unable to do it, either because the port used is always 80 or the router@ field is too short for entering the IP and port number...

OK, I'll consider adding port support. :)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:46:38 EDT
Scree : This is true, if you don't "unblock" the xp security for the files, they will not be able to self-register when the exe is executed. This is true of actual setup programs too, I have found in troubleshooting other stuff.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:38:04 EDT
anon : 1) Downloaded
2) Unzipped
3) Have the following all in Dlinkrouterconnection directory:
dartsock.dll
dartutil.dll
richtx32.ocx
d-link router connection monitor.exe.manifest
dlink router connection.monitor.exe

I've never noticed this properties text before on a file, wonder if my XP security is taking over.

Security: This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer.

Whatever, I get the error about the .dll not being reg.

I haven't tried in an privledged account yet.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:13:41 EDT
Tsume : In 1.06 I know all of the files are in the same dir... so it's quite possible that without the correct privilages it can't see the file there.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:56:54 EDT
anon : Wonder if I'm getting this message because I'm not executing from a WinXP SysAdmin priv account?

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:02:14 EDT
Tsume : You never actually install it I believe- just unzip it to a folder and run from there. Make sure you unzip all of the files it comes with to that folder though.

If you want to get rid of it just delete the folder :)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 09:23:52 EDT
anon : Run-time error '339':
Component 'DartUtil.dll' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid

========================================================

I must be missing something I need, will read back in thread... by the way, does this uninstall cleanly if I want to uninstall?

Thanks

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 09:19:17 EDT
anon :
Stupid me, I musta had a brain dead moment yesterday.
I hadn't realized the files hadn't unzipped.

No wonder what I was clicking on wasn't getting me anywhere.

Duh, sorry for the bother!

Thanks again for sharing this application with us.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:15:24 EDT
funchords :
said by Dlinkertoo:

Never ceases to amaze me what individuals contribute to the collective communitiy of users for a particular product if you give them a forum for doing so. I guess that's what "open systems" are all about but even with closed systems you find people making life easer with their ingenuity.

Great idea bud.

Now, since I've never installed .dll's "in the raw" could somebody please point me to the next steps after I download and unzip the subject files.

Sure,

Create a directory, such as C:\Program Files\DLink Connection Monitor, and copy all of the files in there.

You can run the program by clicking on the EXE or creating a shortcut on your desktop or in your start menu.
--
Robb Topolski
http://www.funchords.com/
Hillsboro, Oregon USA

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:16:48 EDT
anon : Never ceases to amaze me what individuals contribute to the collective communitiy of users for a particular product if you give them a forum for doing so. I guess that's what "open systems" are all about but even with closed systems you find people making life easer with their ingenuity.

Great idea bud.

Now, since I've never installed .dll's "in the raw" could somebody please point me to the next steps after I download and unzip the subject files.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 27 Feb 2005 04:06:09 EDT
funchords :
said by CLS :

The program doesn't work for me. I get this message all the time...

"The data returned was not what is expected from a supported D-Link router. Now paused"

I using the DI-604 router with rev. D1 and firmware 3.09
Please help
That has been reported before -- yours confirms it.
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Robb Topolski
http://www.funchords.com/
Hillsboro, Oregon USA

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:34:49 EDT
PapaDos : The NATLIST page is accessible from any port defined as the WAN admin port.
But the application is unable to do it, either because the port used is always 80 or the router@ field is too short for entering the IP and port number...
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 26 Feb 2005 07:11:52 EDT
CLS : The program doesn't work for me. I get this message all the time...

"The data returned was not what is expected from a supported D-Link router. Now paused"

I using the DI-604 router with rev. D1 and firmware 3.09
Please help

Cheers
Claus

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 26 Feb 2005 05:29:26 EDT
Scree :
said by PapaDos :

Can it be used from the WAN port ?
On a different port than 80 ?
I haven't tested this myself, but the app may work if you specify the remote IP of a router that has port 80 set open. (And as far as I know, the NATLIST.TXT access is only available on port 80 of the router.)
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:02:16 EDT
PapaDos : Can it be used from the WAN port ?
On a different port than 80 ?
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 04:46:19 EDT
Scree :
said by jas0nuk :

However, I like the feature you added that converts the useless time codes into real days, hours and minutes!
Nice one :D
Thank ya. :) I'm hoping to do the same for the 'last_use' values too, if it doesn't kill response time too much.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 04:44:04 EDT
Scree : Thanks for the great comments! :)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 04:20:43 EDT
jas0nuk : Cool! Works great, except useless to me because I have this PC as DHCP server and it has ICS, and my router is on an invalid WAN IP.

However, I like the feature you added that converts the useless time codes into real days, hours and minutes!

Nice one :D

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 02:08:06 EDT
funchords : Wow, version 1.06 is fantastic!!!

I love the new features -- very smooth and easy to use!

Great job, Scree!
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:11:40 EDT
a1smith : You're right, I thought you meant the Local Area Connection Status time. I do have UPnP disabled in XP and in my router. I used to have it on way back; at the time I had a BEFSR41.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:43:42 EDT
Scree : From what I can gather, in XP, the duration shown in the "Local Area Connection" status dialog is the time since the last network connection was made, which is almost always the same as the last time the computer was booted up; the duration in the "Internet Connection" status dialog is the time reported via UPnP by the router itself, so it will always be showing its own time since the router was last rebooted (even if you reboot the computer). Now, the difference between the duration shown in the "Internet Connection" status and in the NATLIST.TXT file is either because of how the router maintains each value itself, or possibly because how XP interprets the value returned via UPnP for the dialog.

I just wanted to be clear that it sounds like you were reading the "Local Area Connection" status dialog above, which is why that is such a big difference (that's the computer boot time, the other is the router boot time); and it's the "Internet Connection" dialog time that should be close to the time shown in the program (taken from NATLIST.TXT), but they aren't equal for whatever reason. :) (Oh, and do note that the "Internet Connection" dialog will not be present if you do not have UPnP support turned on.)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:46:37 EDT
funchords :
said by a1smith :

I just checked my DI-604 using your program (thanks!) and the uptime is around 21 days. My daughter's computer is showing 2 days uptime. Maybe XP is showing time since last restarted? We put this computer in standby at night and it probably got restarted a couple of days ago. The 21 days on the router sounds about right, status screen shows 64633713 Packets from WAN.

You are correct. Also, in WPA-PSK mode, the network failure due to a reboot might be missed completely if the reauthentication happens in time. So even though it says 21 days, you might have had reboots that just went unnoticed if you use WPA.

I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature. With "Roaming" being an up-and-coming feature, it might be desirable not to 'disconnect' until we haven't associated to an AP for a while.
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:37:06 EDT
a1smith :
said by Scree :

*The value returned in NATLIST.TXT and that shown in XP's Internet Connection Status dialog seem to differ by a significant degree. I would guess it's the router that doesn't quite keep time accurately in this case.
I just checked my DI-604 using your program (thanks!) and the uptime is around 21 days. My daughter's computer is showing 2 days uptime. Maybe XP is showing time since last restarted? We put this computer in standby at night and it probably got restarted a couple of days ago. The 21 days on the router sounds about right, status screen shows 64633713 Packets from WAN.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:54:32 EDT
funchords :
said by frovingslosh :

OK, maybe I'm missing something (I've only had about 3 hours of sleep), but if I complete step 1, how in the world do I do step 2? A successful step 1 seems to eliminate the chance to make step 2.

I'm sorry that you cannot follow my simple instructions. I cannot either, but I'm sorry that you cannot. ;):D:)

I meant to say "2 -- open a single browser window, then click here.

I think I was the one who was sleeping. (I've got the flu and the drugs are sleep inducing.)

The reason for closing all the browser windows is to kill any cached authentication ... so that sites that would require a password should bring up the password prompt.

Sorry, my bad. :(
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:21:58 EDT
frovingslosh :
said by funchords :

......
Try it for yourself:
1. Close all browsers
2. click here -- »192.168.0.1/natlist.txt
....

OK, maybe I'm missing something (I've only had about 3 hours of sleep), but if I complete step 1, how in the world do I do step 2? A successful step 1 seems to eliminate the chance to make step 2.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:18:18 EDT
frovingslosh :
said by funchords :

Does this work for you?

http://192.168.0.1/NATLIST.TXT

What a wonderful feature. Unfortunately, it is yet another thing that my Dlink DI-514 lacks that other Dlink products have.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:08:17 EDT
Scree : Here's update 1.06: Logging!; a setting for a little resolves remaining inidicator; "curr time" converted to router up time*; a couple settings that affect the display text; a setting to pause when select text; modified some display text (IP resolve info at top now, e.g.); other improvements behind the scenes.

*The value returned in NATLIST.TXT and that shown in XP's Internet Connection Status dialog seem to differ by a significant degree. I would guess it's the router that doesn't quite keep time accurately in this case.

Coming next (hopefully): Ability to change colors.

(See above messages for past update notes.)
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:03:11 EDT
Scree : Well damn, if they do that, then they better add real logging at least! :)
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:57:54 EDT
jas0nuk : Wow, that's weird because I have known about this file for quite a while and it worked while I had FW 2.42. Now I have upgraded yet it still works.

Does anyone have 2.52 beta that is willing to tell us if it's still there?

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 13 Feb 2005 17:30:49 EDT
funchords : I did some testing with tquade and I could see his (his fw 2.50) but he could not see mine (my fw 2.42).

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 13 Feb 2005 17:14:43 EDT
anon : Seems like maybe it will not matter any more but for the 604 rev-D I have tried with different fw and none have worked (3.09 and 3.06). I just get an empty page with "Not found" on it.

/ Jonas

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 13 Feb 2005 01:25:04 EDT
funchords : My guess is that natlist.txt isn't a feature, it was a test hook.

My guess is that, now that it's out, we've seen the last of it. They're probably not going to fix it by adding the authentication -- they'll probably fix it by removing the page.
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:41:58 EDT
Scree : wow, that's fascinating! Did I expose a D-Link security issue?! lol I did always wonder why it didn't ever need a password here even when using a web browser.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:35:08 EDT
tquade : Yes, it is confirmed.

Ted

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:28:02 EDT
Tsume : So it's confirmed? God damnit... now I have to turn on mac filtering + leave remote admin disabled. Why don't they THINK of these things BEFORE they just half-assedly implement them?
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:35:52 EDT
tquade : It's closed.

Ted

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:04:32 EDT
tquade : I have just set up my router so interested folks can confirm the flaw. My router is set up at 204.83.206.52 port 80 for admin (it is pw protected) any source IP address. It will be up for 30 minutes. See if you can read natlist.

Ted

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:28:42 EDT
tquade : I just confirmed that natlist can be read remotely without login when remote management (admin) is enabled. In my view this is a security flaw.

Ted

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:10:31 EDT
Tsume : Wow, couldn't anyone connect to an unsecured AP and spy on the traffic if Natlist isn't secured?
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:43:41 EDT
tquade : Thanks. This is a bit unusual. Try this with logfile.txt and it prompts for login.

This leads me to question if the natlist can be read remotely if remote admin is enabled.

Ted

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:00:18 EDT
funchords :
said by tquade :

This may be a dumb question but how does this tool get past the router password?

It's a great question.

Password not required.

Try it for yourself:
1. Close all browsers
2. click here -- »192.168.0.1/natlist.txt
RESULT: Comes up without asking for pw
3. Now click here -- »192.168.0.1
RESULT: Prompts for a pw
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:42:13 EDT
tquade : This may be a dumb question but how does this tool get past the router password?

Ted

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:18:06 EDT
Scree : Wow, good ideas! Comments:

1. Yep, would be a nice one.

2. Was actually thinking about doing something with the time values.

3. Guess would eventually be worth it for older OSs that don't include the msvb runtime, but other than that, it's one of those 'green' apps that can just run from its own folder and aimed at more experienced users who know what a router actually is, for example, so they could surely handle their own shortcut creation if wanted. hehe

4. Was thinking of toying with a true columnar list view, but could take a lick of work. Starting to sound like DonationWare now...lol

5. Yeh, working like a SysInternals thing would rock (like their TCPView, e.g.). Based on #4, we'll see.

About a util for LOGFILE.TXT, it appears that DI-604 does not share that feature (»192.168.0.1/LOGFILE.TXT reports "404 Not Found" here).

The ability to run as a service, or at least the system tray icon and alerting, is possible but will see how things go with other stuff first. The running log for found text is definitely next......

Thanks:)
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:13:25 EDT
funchords : Feature requests, as you see fit:

1. If any text is selected (as in the beginning of a cut and paste operation), activate 'Pause' [

2. Use the time reference at the top of the screen, and the system time, to convert the time port-lastused time on the right side of the display

3. An installation program

And if you want to pull the data apart a bit

4. Sortable columns of the data

5. If a port opening is new, highlight it. If lastused is uploaded, highlight just that part.

...

And if you don't have enough to do, how about another application:

Log Monitor Utility
- reads »192.168.0.1/LOGFILE.TXT
- displays the most recent x entries in the log file every x seconds
- converts ip addresses to dns names
- runs as a service
- UI sits in the system tray and alert on particular ports or ips
- as new entries appear, maintains a running log in .txt or .csv format ... either in the native format or converted for dshield.org or mynetwatchman (no more 20 page limit)
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 11:18:50 EDT
Portmonkey : Thank you.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 06:10:47 EDT
Scree :
Here's update 1.05: Substantially updated with new features and other improvements! Can show just the resolved domains (removes the IP); can set the text font now; can make the window always on top; can alter the resolve timeout value; shows type of resolve failure error and counts; smoother text display updating (and if cursor at bottom, stays at bottom); other conveniences added or changed.

Coming next: Logging of found text; ability to set colors.

(See above messages for past update notes.)

D-Link NAT Connection Monitor

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:12:05 EDT
funchords : I'm surprised that any version of the DI-604 would not work. Did you just download the software and try it?

This should work on the:
DI-524
DI-604 (confirmed, not sure on rev D)
DI-614+ (confirmed)
DI-624 (confirmed)
DI-624+ (confirmed)
DI-714P+
DI-764
DI-774
DI-784
USR 8054 (US Robotics)
SMC2404WBR (SMC)
WBR-3405 (Levelone)

Anyone have news on the:
DI-824VUP

I don't think it would work on the:
DI-514
DI-624M
DI-704
DI-704P/UP
DI-804HV
DGL-4300
DSL-G604T
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:40:16 EDT
Scree : Perhaps you just need a more recent firmware revision if not already using one, otherwise what you said is probably the case.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:23:36 EDT
anon : My DI-604 does not have the NATLIST.TXT feature... :-(

Is this feature restricted to US models? I have the european D1 revision.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:07:38 EDT
Tsume : Whoops sorry, read it wrong =]

Oh well, it will help other people who want to know if it will work =]
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:05:14 EDT
Tsume : It will probably work, check if you have [routerip]/NATLIST.TXT

If you have that it will work! [ex. my 624 has 192.168.1.1/NATLIST.TXT so it works]

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 04:48:51 EDT
anon : Just let you know it works on DI-614+ too.
The firmware version is 3.43 B19.

Thanks for this nice program.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 21:30:23 EDT
mjf : A great little program! Thanks!

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 20:48:24 EDT
funchords :
11) UDP 128.4.1.2 [mizbeaver.udel.edu]:123 <-> 192.168.0.251:1335, out_port:61075, last_us
*e:85262
12) UDP 128.4.1.2 [mizbeaver.udel.edu]:123 <-> 192.168.0.251:1334, out_port:61074, last_us
*e:85262

(*) WARNING 2 long line(s) split

It's funny that the router uses NAT to sync the time (x.x.x.251 is my router's LAN IP address).

Thanks scree!!

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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 18:25:41 EDT
Scree : I get what you mean then. Note at the bottom of the list, it will show how many IPs could not resolve. The delay is 1 second per bad one, so if you have many unresolvables at the time, that explains it. 1 second is about as low as it can be before it starts skipping over good ones too often. (Luckily though, most fail immediately since it's using the router itself as the DNS looker-upper.)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 18:17:18 EDT
Scree : Tsume, Berill, thanks for the comments. :)

Berill, what's happening with it? The new method introduced in 1.03 should be working just as well on the 624, I would hope. Is it not resolving anything for you?

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 18:06:38 EDT
Berill : Sorry.. it works.. it just slow down a huge(probably to resolve the name^^)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 18:05:28 EDT
Berill : Work really great.. except when i check resolve remote ip(on di-624)!
Have a nice work!

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:34:37 EDT
Tsume : Nice work!

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:28:20 EDT
Scree : yeh, sorry, have to regsvr32 those files. Update 1.04 above that handles it now.

Thanks to Bena for pointing that out! :)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 15:05:03 EDT
Bena5 : Hello

Use regsvr32 to register the DartSock.dll component.
Start - Run - regsvr32 "\DartSock.dll"

Regards
Bengt

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:51:14 EDT
lucky644 :
said by Scree :

---[ DOWNLOAD HERE ]---

Here's update 1.03, now with pretty much lightning fast remote IP resolving. :) Tweaked some other things, and added a setting to chop off the 'outer_port' to the end of the lines.

Cheers! :D

(Seinfeld!)

Latest doesn't work, says "Dartsock.dll is not registered" and crashes, won't even start up.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 07:32:01 EDT
Scree :
Here's update 1.04, fixing any trouble with unregged or missing support files (it will check and handle automatically now).

Coming next (probably): Ability to change font and colors.

Previous changes: Pretty much lightning fast remote IP resolving now; tweaked some other things; added a setting to chop off the 'outer_port' to the end of the lines.

Cheers! :D

(Seinfeld!)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:34:16 EDT
funchords :
said by Scree :

The only problem is with the remote IP resolving, as the API used does not seem to offer a timeout setting, so for large IP lists with many unique IPs that won't resolve, the app does appear to hang (it's about 5 seconds delay per unique bad IP).

Alternatively: Maybe an indicator on the UI. Number of queries pending before display. Then it wouldn't look hung.

For example, for 15 queries, with 5 pending:

Resolving 15 addresses: :) :) :mad: :) :mad: :mad: :mad: :) :mad: :) ? ? ? ? ?

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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:24:22 EDT
funchords :
said by Scree :

If I can come up with a better way of resolving IPs, I'll surely change it, because it bothers me too. :)

Does the API automatically cache the DNS responses? If not, you could cache them in memory and release the memory when the app closes.

Since it is refreshing every x seconds, you could limit new dns queries to (insert ratio here queries:interval) and just build the cache table up slowly.

Robb the helpful
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 17:38:13 EDT
Scree : ---[ DOWNLOAD HERE ]---

Here's update 1.02 that addresses the issues, except for the remote IP resolving which I'm looking into (for now, just remember it's best not to turn it on when the list is huge, or don't mind the wait too much :)).

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:47:52 EDT
Scree : Thanks all for the feedback, I'll address the issues I can. The only problem is with the remote IP resolving, as the API used does not seem to offer a timeout setting, so for large IP lists with many unique IPs that won't resolve, the app does appear to hang (it's about 5 seconds delay per unique bad IP). If I can come up with a better way of resolving IPs, I'll surely change it, because it bothers me too. :)
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 15:02:28 EDT
funchords : I thought you might enjoy seeing it on the DI-624. Also please send me an IM. Thanks!

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:36:54 EDT
funchords : Bug:

Cannot close during a connection attempt. (Brings up an OS "End Task" window)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:29:12 EDT
funchords : This is great!

A couple of bugs:

1. Resolve IPs causes an application hang. I thought maybe this was related to a slow DNS, so I extended the time to 30 seconds with the same result.

2. Tries to access 192.168.0.1 on startup, causing it to hourglass delay until it times out (10 seconds or so). Then you can edit the IP. Perhaps it should just start "Paused" with the cursor on the IP. 192.168.0.1 is a great default.

3. The "total" thing already discussed.

4. The title. There will even be some non-Dlink routers that this works with.

Very, very, very nice!!!! :):D:):D:)
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 13:47:28 EDT
Tsume : That's the way it's supposed to work I think.

It replaces the 2nd line [which should be total entries, and the problem is on 2.42 it will replace line 0 since there is no total entries] with the showing only found text.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 13:44:37 EDT
Rooki : Hi.

I have tested this program on D-Link 624+ (v1.21)
and it works.
I can see total entries, but Show Only Found must
be disabled.

TNX....

Regards.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 13:39:41 EDT
Tsume : Yep, it's working great on my 624.

Do you think you could make it not connect when you first start it up, to give me time to change the IP before it tries to connect? The program was frozen for 15-30 seconds while it tried to connect to the default address, which isn't my router. Just a minor issue, after it said connection failed I changed the address and now it works =]

It works on the 624!

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 13:33:03 EDT
Tsume : Here is the first lines of my 624! FW 2.52, the one with WPA2:

quote:
curr time : 916312
total entries = 299
0)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 12:50:13 EDT
funchords :
said by Scree :

Interesting, the 624 text appears the same except it is missing the "total entries =" line. So, the only issue would be the "Show Only Found" setting since that edits the second line, meaning it would show your data missing the 0) line in this case. I'll see what I can do to support that right.

Just to confirm that it was not a cut-and-paste error on my part. I just checked the router again and there is no "Total" mentioned.

However, I am using firmware 2.42. Someone with firmware 2.50 and 2.52 should also check »(your router ip)/NATLIST.TXT and see if the word "total" is mentioned anywhere.
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Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 03:39:53 EDT
Scree : Interesting, the 624 text appears the same except it is missing the "total entries =" line. So, the only issue would be the "Show Only Found" setting since that edits the second line, meaning it would show your data missing the 0) line in this case. I'll see what I can do to support that right.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 03:27:16 EDT
Scree :
Update 1.01 posted above... Can specify the router address, and settings are now saved. Should also work with 624's except for one minor thing (see next message).

Enjoy! :)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 01:39:35 EDT
funchords : I think they're probably the same, but just in case...
NATLIST_TXT.zip 734 bytes
DI624 NATLIST.TXT
(NATLIST_TXT.txt)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:54:47 EDT
Scree : funchords,
I'll have an update for that shortly. :)

As for working on other model D-Link routers, they just have to support the NATLIST.TXT file, and it would have to be in the same format the DI-604 returns (since that's the only model I have here). But if the 624 does support it but it is different, I could try adding support for it if you could send me a NATLIST.TXT from one.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 23:58:29 EDT
lucky644 : I guess I'll try it out.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 23:47:25 EDT
funchords :
said by lucky644 :

Any chance on porting it to the 624? :)

There shouldn't be a difference.
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Robb Topolski
http://www.funchords.com/
Hillsboro, Oregon USA

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 23:36:01 EDT
lucky644 : Any chance on porting it to the 624? :)

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 23:29:47 EDT
hypercooljak : It seems to be working now, i dunno why it didn't before.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:59:34 EDT
funchords : Does this work for you?

http://192.168.0.1/NATLIST.TXT

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:42:24 EDT
hypercooljak : Is this only for newer di-604 routers? i tried it on mine and it failed.

Re: [Util] "DI-604 Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 19:21:48 EDT
funchords : WOW! What a great tool!

Anyone know if there's a way I can make 192.168.0.1 (an unused address) grab the file from 192.168.0.251 (my router)?

That's my #1 feature request! :-)
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Robb Topolski
http://www.funchords.com/
Hillsboro, Oregon USA

[Util] "D-Link Connection Monitor" utility

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 18:55:54 EDT
Scree :
Hi folks, I made this little utility for monitoring the NATLIST.TXT "feature" of the D-Link DI-604 router. :) I created it because I could not find something similar that would allow me to know when certain computers on the network were accessing the internet. I would like to offer it to anyone who may find it useful. :D

Note there will be few seconds delay for each unique IP that cannot be resolved when the "Resolve Remote IPs" setting is used.

Cheers!